Three global fashion giants are suing a Sydney-based boutique for allegedly importing and selling knockoff versions of their clothing.
The ACCC can continue its case against failed Aboriginal art wholesaler Birubi Art, which went into liquidation after the court found it violated the Australian Consumer Law by selling fake Aboriginal goods.
The Australian distributor of Atomic coffee machines has lost a Federal Court appeal of an IP Australia decision allowing the registration of the Atomic trade mark by a South Perth cafe, with a judge slamming her evidence on the stand as untruthful.
The former CEO of Radio Rentals, James Marshall, has been dragged into a consumer class action alleging he knew the home goods rental company pushed misleading leases onto vulnerable consumers.
A man charged with contempt of court for failing to hand over infringing products in a trade mark case won by electrical goods manufacturer Clipsal Australia gets six more months to pay his outstanding fine, or he goes to jail.
Unilever’s allegations that consumer goods competitor Beiersdorf made misleading claims about its Nivea clinical strength deodorant products don’t pass the smell test, a judge has found.
Treasury Wine Estates can’t claim its legal costs in defending against two stayed shareholder class actions because the terms of a settlement in a third class action barred the company from recovering anything from group members in related cases, a court has heard.
Ramsay Health Care has defeated a challenge to its Nuramel trade mark for a brand of infant formula, with IP Australia saying while the mark was an exact anagram of Biofarma’s Munarel, it wasn’t deceptively similar.
Five dairy processors have agreed to make changes to their supply contracts to address the ACCC’s concerns that certain terms were unfair to dairy farmers.
Catch Group has appealed a decision from IP Australia that shot down its opposition to a trade mark by a rival online store.