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Aldi blasts ‘desperate’ copycat case over Little Bellies fruit snacks
Aldi has slammed what it says is a novel copyright infringement case alleging the German grocery chain copied the “vibe” of a rival’s snack packaging. 
Elanco loses appeal in animal drug patent spat with Abbey Laboratories
Elanco Australasia has lost its bid to appeal a finding by IP Australia that a patent acquired from Bayer covering a lice treatment for livestock lacked an inventive step.
Sharetea wins trial delay in trade mark case by global bubble tea giant
A judge has granted Australian bubble tea franchise Sharetea a third adjournment of a trial in a $10 million case brought by its Taiwanese franchisor, despite “very significant concern” that Sharetea’s director did not do everything in his power to find new lawyers in time.
Microsoft wins new trial after judge’s 3-year delay in delivering judgment
An appeals court has ordered a third trial in a long-running copyright battle between Microsoft and a Melbourne computer retailer, saying the trial judge's findings were "greatly diminished" by her three-year-long delay in delivering judgment.
No scope in Patents Act for holding directors jointly liable for unjustified threats: court
A letter by King & Wood Mallesons was an unjustifiable threat of patent litigation against car accessories company Clearview, as was an announcement by the firm's client MSA, but MSA's director cannot be held liable as a joint tortfeasor under the Patents Act, a judge has found.
Shine Lawyers takes ELC provider to school in trade mark spat
Plaintiff law firm Shine Lawyers has succeeded in narrowing the services an early learning services chain can register its 'Shine Advantage' trade mark for.
Peru sour after failed bid to trade mark pisco
The government of Peru has appealed a ruling that rejected its bid to trade mark the alcoholic spirit pisco, after an IP Australia delegate found Aussie consumers think of more than Peruvian pisco when they see the name.
‘Unjustifiable threats’: TCT Group wins patent revocation, indemnity costs against Polaris
TCT Group has won orders revoking two patents for hinges held by Polaris IP as well as indemnity costs, with a judge finding the patentee made “unjustifiable” threats of infringement against TCT over its own brand of soft-close glass hinges.
The top litigation law firms of 2022
Lawyerly's Litigation Law Firms of 2022 racked up precedent-setting victories in a year that continued to see major developments in class action law.
Aristocrat wins $36M in patent infringement damages from pokies maker Konami
Gaming company Konami will cough up $35.9 million dollars to rival company Aristocrat Technologies next year, eight years after a judge found that it had violated Aristocrat’s patent for a slot machine with an improved jackpot feature.