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IP firm pursues potential lawsuit against HWL Ebsworth
A specialist IP law firm has launched preliminary discovery proceedings against HWL Ebsworth after one of its lawyers jumped ship.
Spruson & Ferguson nabs of counsel from Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
IP boutique Spruson & Ferguson has lured former Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick patent attorney Ken Bolton to join the firm's Sydney office as of counsel.
Coca Cola unit wins removal of Sunraysia’s ‘Honest Kids’ trade mark
A subsidiary of Coca Cola has won its bid for removal of Sunraysia Natural Beverages' Honest Kids trade mark for non-use, with IP Australia finding only "minimal and isolated" uses of the disputed mark.
Meat & Livestock takes aim at bovine gene patent after judge tossed ‘bizarre’ challenge
Industry group Meat & Livestock Australia is challenging a ruling allowing US company Branhaven's cow genome patent to proceed, after a judge called the group's challenge to Branhaven's amendments to the patent "bizarre" and "flimsy".
Judge rules cattle gene patent can be amended, tosses ‘bizarre’ challenge
US company Branhaven has won leave to amend its cow genome patent after a judge dismissed opposition by industry bodies Meat & Livestock Australia and Dairy Australia as "flimsy" and "bizarre".