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Afterpay can’t block iSignthis from trade marking ‘Clearpay’ for ASX rival
Intellectual Property 2024-03-04 10:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Afterpay has failed to block fintech iSignthis from registering ‘Clearpay’ as a trade mark for its blockchain-based trading system, with an IP Australia delegate finding […]

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Cantarella tries to revive ‘Oro’ mark for Vittoria coffee
Intellectual Property 2023-12-21 1:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Vittoria’s Cantarella Bros has lodged an appeal in a long-running trade mark stoush with Italian rival Lavazza after a judge found the coffee manufacturer’s two […]

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KFC loses challenge to Grill’d’s HFC trade mark
Intellectual Property 2023-12-07 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

KFC has failed to block Grill’d’s HFC trade mark, with a judge finding the marks are not deceptively similar and that Grill’d did not act […]

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Cantarella loses ‘Oro’ mark on Vittoria coffee in spat with Lavazza
Intellectual Property 2023-10-20 3:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Vittoria’s Cantarella Bros has lost its long-running trade mark stoush with Italian rival Lavazza after a judge found the coffee manufacturer’s two registered ‘Oro’ marks […]

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Trade mark reputation not relevant in deceptive similarity cases, High Court rules
Intellectual Property 2023-03-15 3:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

The reputation of a registered trade mark and its owner is not relevant in assessing the deceptive similarity of a challenged mark, the High Court […]

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An ‘odd’ result: High Court told reputation can’t be ignored in Botox TM case
Intellectual Property 2022-12-08 4:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A contradictor has argued that the High Court must consider the reputation of Botox maker Allergan’s trade marks in a cosmetic company’s challenge to a […]

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Vagisil maker wins appeal to halt European rival’s trade mark
Intellectual Property 2021-02-11 3:40 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

The maker of Vagisil feminine hygiene products has successfully overturned a ruling that denied its bid to stop a European competitor from registering Vagisan as […]

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Vagisil maker files appeal to halt European rival’s trade mark
Appeals 2020-03-04 9:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The maker of Vagisil feminine hygiene products has appealed a ruling that denied its bid to stop a European competitor from registering Vagisan as a […]

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Judge tosses Vagisil maker’s challenge to European rival’s trade mark
Intellectual Property 2020-02-04 11:43 am By Miklos Bolza

The international company behind the Vagisil feminine hygiene brand has lost its bid to stop a European competitor from registering Vagisan as a trade mark […]

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appeals loss of 20-year-old trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-11-29 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Arguing the court was wrong to rule that its trade mark was not inherently distinctive, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is challenging a judgment that revoked […]

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