The long, complex battle over who owns the rights to the Kraft peanut butter trade dress just promised to get longer, with Kraft winning approval to bring fresh allegations against Bega mid-trial.
Building products maker Caesarstone can register two trade marks despite their deceptive similarity to a mark by ceramic tile maker Ceramiche Caesar, a judge has ruled, after finding Caesarstone had shown honest concurrent use of the marks.
McDonald’s has agreed to change its Corner Cafe logo, after the famed Corner Hotel in Melbourne filed a lawsuit claiming the global food giant’s new hipster cafe violates its trade marks.
When it comes to bet-the-company matters that keep corporate counsel awake at night, intellectual property disputes often rank at the top of the list. And these eight law firms are the ones companies turned to the most last year when facing a courtroom battle over their IP.
Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies is seeking further documents from rival Ainsworth Game Technology to weigh misleading conduct and passing off claims as it mounts a potential copyright and consumer law case.
When US food giant Kraft faces off next week in its lawsuit against Aussie cheese company Bega for allegedly violating its peanut butter trade dress, the court will be faced with the thorny task of unraveling a complex corporate transaction that left both companies claiming rights to the iconic trade dress.
A judge has shot down a bid by Kraft for extensive discovery from Bega, but granted its request for a so-called Sabre order against US company Mondelez, three weeks before trial kicks off in the case over who owns the rights to the iconic Kraft peanut butter trade dress in Australia.
The judge overseeing the lawsuit between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has denied a request by non-party Mondelez to implement a restrictive regime to protect its trade secrets in certain transaction documents it has produced in the case.
The Australian Government has revealed its “knockout claim” in an international IP dispute, accusing the Royal Canadian Mint of invalidating its own patent for printed coins by distributing the coins prior to the patent being filed.
Pokies giants Ainsworth Game Technology and Aristocrat Technologies have settled their spat over access to documents ahead of a hearing to decide if Aristocrat can gather evidence for a possible case alleging its rival stole an idea for a new poker machine.