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Sydney’s Coogee Bay Hotel temporarily became In-N-Out Burger’s latest Australian location for six hours on Wednesday, with the cult American fast food brand yet to open a permanent location outside the United States.

People spent hours queueing, but In-N-Out’s Aussie pop-up is more about business than burgers

Wednesday’s takeover of a Sydney pub might have given you hope the cult US franchise is opening a store Down Under. It’s more likely to be a clever legal tactic than a sign of global expansion.

  • Bronte Gossling

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Who stole my recipe? Maehashi and Bellamy must realise they’re already cooked

Big tech has already stolen millions of samples of creative work to feed its AI bots. Copyright is all but dead. Can anyone stop this mass theft?

  • Malcolm Knox
Maison de Sabre co-founder Omar Sabre (left) has slammed the popularity of dupe products as “completely unacceptable”, as Sportsgirl pulls its imitation fruit-shaped bag charms off shelves.

‘They’re fakes’: Maison de Sabre founder condemns dupes as Sportsgirl pulls items

Just as there are Ferraris and there are Hondas, the Australian-based luxury accessories brand has said Australians shouldn’t accept dupe products.

  • Jessica Yun
A Lord of the Fries outlet.

Despite Tolkien to their lawyers, Middle-earth is not lord of the courtroom

Australian vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries does battle with the Lord of the Rings franchise in a legal dispute over the three words they both share in their name.

  • Alexander Darling
Margot Robbie’s Barbie swapped her high heels for Birkenstocks in the Hollywood hit movie.

Once uncool, Birkenstocks are now all the rage. But are they ‘art’? A court had to make a choice

The cork-soled sandals have enjoyed something of a rebirth since Margot Robbie wore a pink pair in Barbie. 

  • Kirsten Grieshaber
The Fluicer and its dupes.

Dupe culture and patent costs threaten the next great Australian inventions

It is a shame two successive governments have failed to address a 2021 patent law review’s 16 recommendations.

  • The Herald's View
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There will be no headshots of players on the Big Bash SuperCoach site.

Angry agents and the snag in Cricket Australia’s SuperCoach plans

The governing body received complaints from irate agents over what they claimed was a breach of cricketers’ intellectual property.

  • Andrew Wu

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