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Vittoria wins challenge to another Mondelez coffee machine patent
Australian coffee maker Vittoria Food & Beverage has won another challenge to a patent for a coffee pod system filed by a unit of Mondelez International.
Take-Two wins injunction against another Grand Theft Auto gamer
Take-Two interactive has won an injunction blocking a Grand Theft Auto gamer from distributing software that allows users to access restricted features of the popular game, a month after reaching a settlement with a gamer in a separate copyright case.
Dr Reddy’s settles Millennium’s cancer drug patent suit
Generic drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories has reached a settlement with US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals, agreeing to be restrained from selling a cheap version of cancer drug Velcade in Australia.
Monster Energy loses challenges to trade mark registrations
Energy drink giant Monster Energy Company has  come up short in two oppositions to trade mark registrations which it claimed would infringe its marks.
Millennium wins injunction against Juno over generic cancer drug
US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals has secured a temporary injunction that bans generic drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals from importing or selling its cheap version of breakthrough cancer drug Velcade in Australia.
Dr. Reddy’s slams Millennium’s injunction bid in cancer drug case
An urgent injunction sought by US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals to block generic drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories from launching a cheap version of the breakthrough cancer drug Velcade has been panned as unnecessary.
Patent suits launched over breakthrough cancer drug
Two patent infringement lawsuits have been launched over attempts to sell generic versions of breakthrough cancer drug Velcade in Australia, after a US court last year struck down attempts to invalidate a patent for the drug.
Penfolds maker goes to court over ‘wine in a can’ patents
Treasury Wine Estates has gone on the offensive in an intellectual property dispute with Melbourne-based "wine in a can" maker Barokes, launching court proceedings alleging the company's patents are invalid and claiming it made "unjustified threats" against the Penfolds maker.
17-yr-old trade mark error can’t be fixed, Full Court rules
Industrial filter manufacturer Vokes has lost its fight to correct a 17-year-old error that removed it as the registered owner of six trade marks, with the Full Federal Court ruling Monday that the Registrar did not have the power to fix the mistake of her own initiative.
Patron loses opposition to Pirate Bay Rum trade mark
IP Australia has denied liquor producer Patron Spirits' opposition to rival Fernbrew's trade mark for Pirate Bay Rum, saying the mark was not likely to be confused with Patron's Pyrat brand of rum.