Most Recent
Instagoods takes trade mark fight with Instagram to Federal Court
Intellectual Property 2021-07-08 3:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Retail tech and dating start-up Instagoods has appealed a successful challenge of its Instadate trade mark registration by social media giant Instagram.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

‘Buttermite’ deceptively similar to Vegemite trade mark, IP Australia delegate says
Intellectual Property 2021-07-06 9:28 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Vegemite maker Bega Cheese has won a challenge to an inventor’s bid to register ‘Buttermite’ as a trade mark for a breakfast spread.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Full Court upholds Sequenom’s win in patent battle over prenatal genetic tests
Intellectual Property 2021-06-21 6:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court has upheld US biotech company Sequenom’s  patent for a noninvasive prenatal genetic test, rejecting rival Ariosa Diagnostic’s argument that the patent merely described a way to extract incorporeal genetic information.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Janssen triumphs again in battle to protect HIV drug patents
Intellectual Property 2021-05-24 10:24 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Juno Pharmaceuticals has backed away from its plans to launch a generic version of HIV drug Prezista in Australia after being hit with a patent lawsuit by Janssen, becoming the second generic drug maker to capitulate to the Johnson & Johnson-owned company’s demands.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Can artificial intelligence be named inventor of a patent? Federal Court to rule
Intellectual Property 2021-03-10 5:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court is set to determine whether artificial intelligence can be the inventor of a patent, after an AI pioneer filed a challenge to an IP Australia finding that allowing a machine to be considered an inventor would render the Patents Act incapable of “sensible operation”.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Monster Energy challenges loss of ‘Motherland’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2021-02-02 2:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Monster Energy, which makes Mother brand energy drinks, has appealed a ruling from IP Australia that granted rival caffeinated beverage maker Vittoria Food & Beverage’s application for the removal of Monster’s ‘Motherland’ trade mark for non-use.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Loss of the Motherland: IP Australia strips Monster Energy of trade mark for non-use
Intellectual Property 2021-01-11 11:23 am By Miklos Bolza

The maker of Mother energy drinks has had its Motherland trade mark removed by IP Australia, with a delegate granting a win to rival caffeinated beverage maker Vittoria Food & Beverage in finding that the mark should be removed for non-use.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

J&J units seeks discovery for possible lawsuit over chemotherapy drug
Intellectual Property 2020-12-14 4:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two units of US drug giant Johnson & Johnson have filed a lawsuit seeking preliminary discovery from Juno Pharmaceuticals for a possible patent lawsuit over a popular chemotherapy drug used to treat blood cancer.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Settlement reached in Illinois Tool Works lawsuit over concrete patent
Intellectual Property 2020-12-01 10:16 am By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian concrete product maker has settled a lawsuit brought by US industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works over its patents for precast concrete products.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Ripple Labs denies PayID is deceptively similar to trade mark of Aussie mobile banking system
Intellectual Property 2020-10-26 12:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

US cryptocurrency maker Ripple Labs has hit back at an intellectual property lawsuit brought by the Australian company behind the ubiquitous PayID mobile banking system, saying its PayID trade mark is neither substantially identical nor deceptively similar to the Aussie mark.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?