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High Court sides with Bed Bath ‘N’ Table, says Full Court ‘conflated’ TM, consumer laws
The High Court has unanimously granted home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table’s appeal of a ruling that retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
Titan paints Pentana as villain to divert from ‘brazen’ copyright theft, trial told
Car dealership software firm Pentana has accused competitor Titan of a "calculated, sustained and brazen" invasion of its rights, and argues cross-claims of misuse of market power are a distraction.
Titan accuses rival Pentana of holding customer data ‘hostage’
In a copyright and competition fight with car dealer software company Pentana that heads to trial on Monday, Titan DMS says its rival is trying to bar it from helping customers overcome a practice of holding their data "hostage”.
Fortescue, Element Zero reach settlement in trade secrets case
After losing a fight over access to millions of seized documents, Fortescue has settled its trade secrets case against green iron company Element Zero.
Fortescue fails in push for seized docs from green iron start-up
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Fortescue can't get access to nine million seized documents in its trade secrets spat against green iron start-up Element Zero.
‘Argumentative and amorphous’: Startup attacks Fortescue’s call for seized docs in trade secrets row
Green iron startup Element Zero is challenging a bid by Fortescue for access to nine million seized documents in their trade secrets spat, saying its rival has not met the test for proving inadequate discovery of material.
Finish maker can’t trademark dishwasher tablet shape
Finish maker Reckitt Benckiser has lost its bid to trademark the shape of its dishwashing capsule, with a delegate finding it was not a “wholly concocted” shape that can be distinguished from similar products by other brands.
Fortescue, Element Zero come to blows over discovery again, raising judge’s ire
A judge has expressed frustration over the fourth discovery fight this year in Fortescue’s trade secrets case against Element Zero, as the green iron startup claims its bigger rival is trying to drag out the litigation.
Court rejects ‘entirely unwarranted’ attack on Allens solicitors in fight over lift IP
A court has dismissed a lift supplier’s appeal of a decision rejecting its claim of breach of confidence against a rival, including an “entirely unwarranted” attack on solicitors at Allens over the use of documents obtained by “internet-savvy” search techniques.
With its ‘significant’ reputation, IMDb wins challenge to Zumedia trade mark
Movie database giant IMDb has won a stoush with media company Zumedia, with IP Australia finding Zumedia's ‘DMDb’ trade mark was likely to cause confusion.