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Lindrum wins extension in IP case over $200M Melbourne tower
Intellectual Property 2026-09-11 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
The grand-niece of billiards champion Walter Lindrum has won more time to file submissions in her dispute against a Time & Place subsidiary over its redevelopment of the historic Hotel Lindrum into a 27-storey commercial tower.
Designer drops ‘ill-advised’ lawsuit over bikini style trade mark
Intellectual Property 2020-12-10 9:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
Women's fashion designer Pinnacle Runway has cut its losses and dropped its challenge to a ruling that found a rival's use of the name 'Delphine' to describe a bikini style did not constitute trade mark infringement, after a judge hit the company with indemnity costs for pursuing the 'ill-advised' lawsuit.
Designer hit with indemnity costs for bikini trade mark suit that ‘cried out to be settled’
Intellectual Property 2020-09-28 4:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Women's fashion designer Pinnacle Runway must pay indemnity costs for pursuing what a judge has described as an "ill-advised" trade mark infringement lawsuit against a rival that "cried out to be settled".
Designer appeals loss after court finds bikini style name not a trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-11-06 7:06 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney
Women's fashion designer Pinnacle Runway is challenging a ruling that found a rival's use of the name 'Delphine' to describe a bikini style did not constitute trade mark infringement, but the challenge might cost more than the fight is worth, after a judge found the company had already spent "many times more in legal costs" then it could hope to recover.