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IP Australia cans Better Beer’s brand battle with rival TRADIE
Craft brewer Better Beer has lost a challenge to rival TRADIE’s bid to register a trade mark for the promotional phrase 'TRADIE Beer Built Better', with IP Australia finding no real danger of confusion between the brands.
Bickford’s looks to protect ‘Spritz’ trade mark from cancellation
A judge has consolidated two cases in the Federal Court in which beverage maker Bickford’s is defending its 'Spritz' trade mark against bids for cancellation.
Cantarella loses bid to have honest concurrent user ‘conundrum’ resolved by High Court
The High Court has declined coffee maker Cantarella's special leave application arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the 'Oro' trade mark, which was first used by another coffee maker.
Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm loses bid to register ‘Wollemi’ trade mark
CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi has won its bid to block the family company of Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm from registering ‘Wollemi Capital Group’ as a trade mark.
High Court must solve honest concurrent user ‘conundrum’, Cantarella says in ‘Oro’ appeal
Vittoria Cantarella has taken the fight to revive its ‘Oro’ trade marks to the High Court, arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the marks, which were first used by another coffee maker.
Cantarella loses bid to revive ‘Oro’ trade mark
The Full Court has poured cold water on Vittoria Cantarella's hopes of reviving its ‘Oro’ trade marks, finding a judge did not err in concluding the marks were already used by another coffee maker.
‘Stupidity’ needed to confuse deli’s logo with Mercato Centrale TM: court
An appeal by a family-owned Adelaide deli in a trade mark fight with an Italian food hall in Melbourne has fallen flat.
Judge grounds Moccona’s infringement claims over Vittoria’s coffee jar design
Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert's trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.
At last minute, Care A2 finds law firm to replace Ashurst in IP spat
Infant formula company Care A2 has found new lawyers as trial begins in a trade mark dispute with rival a2 Milk.
Ashurst sours on repping Care A2 in trade mark stoush
Bix Six firm Ashurst has dropped Care A2 as a client on the eve of trial in the dairy company's long-running battle to quash rival A2 Milk's trade marks.