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Gilead says Glaxo venture’s HIV patent invalid
US biotech giant Gilead has struck back at a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a specialist HIV pharmaceutical company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline, saying the patent at the centre of the lawsuit is invalid.
Clive Palmer ‘didn’t like the price’ of Twisted Sister licence, court hears
Billionaire and former politician Clive Palmer knew he needed a licence to use Twisted Sister's hit song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' but went ahead and used the song anyway in his political campaign ads because he "didn't like the price," the Federal Court has heard.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appeals loss of 20-year-old trade mark
Arguing the court was wrong to rule that its trade mark was not inherently distinctive, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is challenging a judgment that revoked its 20-year-old mark for 'Community Bank'.
Hytera can argue Motorola should have alerted it to stolen IP sooner, Full Court says
The Full Federal Court has handed a win to Hytera in its high-stakes intellectual property litigation with Motorola, allowing the Chinese radio manufacturer to file an amended defence arguing Motorola should have alerted it to the alleged theft of its source code by former employees sooner.
Big riffin: Jay-Z sues Aussie co over play on ’99 Problems’ hook
International hip-hop superstar Jay-Z has sued an Australian children's book manufacturer for "flagrant, glaring and contumelious" intellectual property infringement with its 'AB to Jay-Z' baby books.
Australia should follow US’ lead and reject Hytera’s delay defence, court hears
Motorola has urged the Full Federal Court to uphold a decision dismissing an amended defence by Chinese rival Hytera Communications that sought to blame the US tech company for not alerting it to the alleged theft of its source code sooner, saying a similar argument had already failed in an ongoing trade secrets case in the US.
Maurice Blackburn ignored Fearless Girl artist’s restrictions on replica, State Street says
Maurice Blackburn disregarded emails by the artist behind the iconic Fearless Girl statue questioning whether she would be breaching her contract with US asset management firm State Street in selling the law firm a replica, a court has heard.
Federal Court backs IP Australia’s rejection of computer-implemented invention
The Federal Court has again sided with with the Commissioner of Patents in a challenge to a ruling that found two patents for a computer-implemented invention were not a manner of manufacture.
160-year-old IP boutique Watermark to hang up its hat
IP boutique Griffith Hack will soon have around 80 practicing lawyers when it absorbs Australia's oldest specialist intellectual property firm Watermark next year.
Dymocks unit sued for ‘flagrant’ trade mark infringement by private equity fund
An educational service provider owned by national bookstore chain Dymocks has been sued for "flagrant" trade mark infringement by a tech-focused private equity fund.