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.
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.
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”.
After losing a fight over access to millions of seized documents, Fortescue has settled its trade secrets case against green iron company Element Zero.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.