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Sandoz tries again to invalidate Xarelto patents
Novartis unit Sandoz AG has filed an appeal after it was was barred from selling a generic version of top-selling blood clot drug Xarelto and failed to revoke two Bayer patents for the drug.
Bayer defeats Sandoz challenge to patents for blood thinner Xarelto
Novartis unit Sandoz AG has lost its bid to revoke Bayer’s patents for its top-selling blood clot drug Xarelto and has been barred from selling generic versions of the medication after a judge found the German pharma giant’s patents were valid.
SARB wins stay in patent dispute over Melbourne’s parking system
Tech company SARB has won a stay of orders barring it from selling its sensor-based system which the city of Melbourne uses for timing parked vehicles, after a judge found it infringed rival Vehicle Management Systems’ patent.
Court hands win to Boehringer in fight over Zoetis vaccine patents
German drug maker Boehringer has prevailed in its Federal Court fight against US rival Zoetis over the validity of three patents covering pig vaccines.
Federal Court rejects ToolGen’s genome editing patent
A judge has upheld findings from IP Australia that South Korean biotech ToolGen's genome editing technology CRISPR is not patentable, but given the company one more chance to seek to amend its application.
Lundbeck’s decade-long damages bid against Sandoz stayed despite High Court win
Novartis unit Sandoz has won its bid to stay a case by rival Lundbeck, including orders for damages previously calculated at $26.3 million and counting, despite having succeeded at the High Court in a dispute over its patent for blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro.
Parking detection patents infringed by SARB’s Pinforce sensors, judge finds
Tech company Vehicle Management Systems has won a long-running patent infringement dispute with rival SARB over a sensor-based system the City of Melbourne uses for timing parked vehicles. 
Targets of Pokemon’s IP lawsuit were victims of identity theft, court told
The defendants in a trade mark infringement case by the Pokemon Company were the victims of identity theft and were wrongly named in the suit, a court has heard.
Bayer ‘deeply suspicious’ of pre-trial discovery bid in fight over Xarelto patents
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has slammed generic drug make Sandoz’s late bid for documents, which it called an attempt to “divert and distract” Bayer on the eve of a three-week trial over the patents for its top-selling blood clot drug Xarelto.
End of the road for AI inventions, as High Court rejects patent appeal
The High Court will not wade into the global debate over whether artificial intelligence inventions should receive patent protection, letting stand a Full Court judgment that overturned a landmark victory for AI pioneer Dr Stephen Thaler.