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The Grace Period and Designs Law – What is it and why does it matter?
Sharon Givoni Consulting Design Law, Protecting ideas
If you are an industrial designer, and create product designs for a range of consumer goods and industrial products, such as appliances, furniture, toys, cars, surface designs, containers, furniture, fashion design and sporting goods, to name few, then you need to read this article. First and foremost, design protection is one of the best ways […]
Amelia won a car in an online lottery, but it was taken away. Here’s what to look for if you’re entering a raffle
Sharon Givoni Consulting Consumer Law
From buying a raffle ticket in support of your local footy club, or dreaming of winning a multi-million-dollar lottery, trying your luck can be alluring. But beyond the luck element, there are strict rules across Australia designed to make sure there’s a level of fairness and transparency afforded to those who enter competitions large and […]
Legal Ease not Legalese. Plain English: What is it and why do we need when it comes to the law?
Sharon Givoni Consulting Consumer Law
Plain English: What is it and why do we need when it comes to the law? By far one of my favourite quotes is one by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher who said something on the lines of: “I’m sorry for writing such a long letter, but I didn’t have time to […]
Trade Promotions & Lotteries – the Laws
Sharon Givoni Consulting Commercial and Contracts, Consumer Law
At Sharon Givoni Consulting we believe in proactive law which is based on the philosophy that legal knowledge is at its best when applied before things go wrong. In Australia, trade promotions and lotteries are regulated by the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the State and Territory legislation. “You could buy 100 lottery tickets and […]
Does your business have a good set of website terms and conditions? If not you need to read this…
Sharon Givoni Consulting Commercial and Contracts, Consumer Law, Internet Law
If your business is online, terms and conditions are a must. They are an electronic contract that is legally binding between you and your customers. Specifically, they govern what customers or users must comply with in order to access and use your website. What is the law? The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) requires businesses with […]
Dark Patterns: User interfaces that make consumers buy and buy more. What are the laws and are dark patterns illegal?
Sharon Givoni Consulting Consumer Law, Intellectual Property, Internet Law
Have you ever been in a situation where you are buying things online and find it really easy to sign up but a real challenge to get out of it? Maybe an online subscription service for example that makes it difficult for users to cancel? Other examples of dark patterns that internet users may come […]
Diamonds May Be a Girl’s Best Friend, But Is the Law? – Protecting Your Jewellery Designs
Sharon Givoni Consulting Arts and design
Jewellery designs are a labour of love and beauty which form the foundation of any business – and to see that your designs ripped off can make a heart sink like a 24-karat rock. In our experience, jewellers tend to make the mistake of a reactive rather than proactive approaches to protecting their designs. We […]
Decrypting Crypto Art: Is it a fad or is it here to stay?
Sharon Givoni Consulting Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trade marks
Since its very beginning, the rise of new digital technologies such as blockchain have made all of us sit up in our seats and wonder – what does this mean for us and our daily lives? Nowhere is this more true than the recent explosion of Non-Fungible Tokens (or ‘NFTs’) in the digital art world. […]