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Firstmac slams Zip Pay provider’s defences in fight over ‘Zip’ trade mark
Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co cannot rely on its infringing use of the 'Zip' trade mark to defend a lawsuit by the mark's owner Firstmac, the mortgage provider's barrister told a judge on the first day of trial in the high-stakes intellectual property dispute.
Latest patent ruling rejecting AI inventorship puts Federal Court in minority
The Federal Court's decision that artificial intelligence can be listed on a patent application as the inventor has become an outlier, as the UK joins the US in rejecting what has become an international battle to claim AI inventorship.
Commissioner of Patents challenges landmark ruling on artificial intelligence
The Commissioner of Patents has appealed a landmark judgment that found artificial intelligence can be named an inventor on a patent application.
CoreLogic infringed real estate photographer’s copyright, appeals court says
Property data analytics firm CoreLogic infringed the copyright of a real estate photographer by uploading images from realestate.com.au to its own property data platform without a licence, the Full Federal Court has found.
‘Why cannot our own creations also create?’: AI can be inventor on patent, court finds
A judge has found artificial intelligence can be named as the inventor on a patent application, setting aside an IP Australia finding that allowing a machine to be considered an inventor would render the Patents Act incapable of "sensible operation".
‘Sydney’s most controversial burger restaurant’ loses appeal in trade mark beef with In-N-Out
The Full Federal Court has upheld an appeal by In-N-Out Burgers against Sydney-based Hashtag Burgers, finding that its two sole directors were also liable for trademark infringement and passing off in owning and operating their 'DOWN-N-OUT' burger restaurants.
Full Court gives Branhaven another shot at bovine gene patent
Australia's leading livestock group cannot block US company Branhaven from amending its application for a bovine genome patent, which the group has worried could harm the Australian cattle industry's ability to use genetic tests.
Litigation funder wins access to docs in parking patent dispute against City of Melbourne
The funder backing a patent lawsuit by tech firm Vehicle Management Systems over an invention used by the City of Melbourne to time parked vehicles has been granted extended access to discovered documents in the proceedings.
‘New marketing opportunity’: Judge sees injunction’s silver lining in In-N-Out trade mark dispute
A Sydney burger chain that was ordered to change its name after losing a trade mark lawsuit by popular American burger franchise In-N-Out has lost its request to stay the ruling, with a judge finding the company had "greatly exaggerated" the costs of the name switch, which she called "a new marketing opportunity".
Down N’ Out to appeal ‘cheeky’ In-N-Out Burger trade mark infringement ruling
An Australian burger chain that opened in Sydney as a tribute to the popular American burger franchise In-N-Out is set to appeal a trademark infringement ruling that found its name choice was "deceptively similar" and "cheeky".