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India can’t have trade mark for Basmati rice, IP Australia says
Intellectual Property 2023-02-09 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

The Indian government has lost a bid to register a trade mark for the word ‘Basmati’, after an IP Australia delegate found rice growers outside of India had an “equally valid claim” to use the term.

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Cheese makers challenge Kraft’s ‘parmesan’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2022-10-17 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers who claim Kraft Foods’ ‘Kraft parmesan cheese’ trade will lead customers to believe the food giant’s cheese is made in Italy have taken their fight to the Federal Court.

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Kraft prevails in fight with Italian cheese makers over ‘parmesan’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2022-10-11 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers has lost its challenge to Kraft Foods’ ‘Kraft parmesan cheese’ trade mark after an IP Australia delegate found that customers would be “sceptical” that the product was Italian.

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Puma loses appeal bid in trade mark fight with Caterpillar
Intellectual Property 2022-09-09 10:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Puma has failed in its bid for leave to appeal a decision that found its ‘Procat’ trade mark was deceptively similar to US machinery manufacturer Caterpillar’s CAT marks.

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Corrs client appeals finding that firm overstepped in preparing expert report
Legal Ethics 2022-07-27 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A client of Corrs Chambers Westgarth has filed an appeal after a judge found the firm went “far beyond the permissible scope” of involvement in an expert report prepared for a trade secrets case.

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Law firm went ‘far beyond permissible scope’ of involvement in expert report, court says
Business of Law 2022-06-27 6:40 pm By Sam Matthews

The conduct of Corrs Chambers Westgarth in the preparation of an ostensibly independent expert report in a trade secrets case “must not be repeated”, a judge has said, throwing out the expert’s evidence as potentially tainted by the law firm’s involvement.

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Trendy neoprene handbag not entitled to copyright protection, Full Court finds
Intellectual Property 2022-04-20 6:08 pm By Sam Matthews

An Australian designer of a trendy neoprene handbag sold at high-end department stores has lost an appeal which challenged a judge’s finding that its flagship bag was not a work of artistic craftsmanship.

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Nurofen maker Reckitt-Benckiser loses High Court appeal bid in Maxigesic feud
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-04-07 1:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has rejected a special leave application by consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser in its long-running battle with the maker of painkiller Maxigesic.

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High Court finds Sandoz infringed Lundbeck’s Lexapro patent
High Court 2022-03-09 4:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

The High Court has found that Novartis unit Sandoz infringed Danish drug company Lundbeck’s patent for its blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, but has overturned a ruling that found the generic drug maker owes $26.3 million in damages.

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Firstmac slams Zip Pay provider’s defences in fight over ‘Zip’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2022-03-08 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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