Early life of Mark and Steve Waugh Early life of Mark and Steve Waugh The early life of Mark and Steve Waugh, a set of twins who played Test and ODI cricket for Australia from the 1980s to the 2000s, was characterised by their steady rise through the sporting rankings in a variety of sports. Born at Canterbury Hospital on 2 June 1965, Mark Edward Waugh and Stephen Rodger Waugh are fraternal twins born to Rodger and Beverley Waugh. Mark arrived four minutes after Steve. Their father was a bank official and their mother was a teacher within the New South Wales Department of Education. The family
Australian trade mark law Australian trade mark law Australian trade mark law is based on common-law use-based rights as well as the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), which is administered by IP Australia, an Australian government agency within the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. Use-based rights are less certain than registration, and depend on the mark having developed a reputation in the region in which a company seeks to enforce its common-law trade mark. Registration provides advantages such as constructive notice and nationwide rights. Among other things, the Trade Marks Act defines trade marks (including certification marks and collective marks), what constitutes trademark