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Boart Longyear, Imdex reach settlement in protracted IP feud
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-16 5:29 am By Christine Caulfield

Drilling company Boart Longyear has reached a $10 million settlement with global mining technology company Imdex that resolves a long-running patent dispute.

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PR firm published ‘evil’ image to hurt United Petroleum in class action, suit claims
Intellectual Property 2024-08-15 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The PR firm for a franchisee class action against United Petroleum has been sued for allegedly distributing an image to group members that depicted the petrol giant as “evil” and was allegedly intended to harm its position in the class action.

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Fanatics wins timeout amid appeal of loss to AFL merchandise maker
Appeals 2024-08-15 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has granted a limited stay of an injunction against US sports merchandise Fanatics after AFL merchandise maker FanFirm won its case alleging the US company knew about its ‘Fanatics’ trade marks.

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BPay settles trade mark stoush with crypto platform Be Pay
Intellectual Property 2024-08-15 2:00 pm By Andy Sidler

The crypto platform formerly known as Be Pay Australia has settled a trade mark infringement suit by BPay after court-ordered mediation, changing its name and paying $50,000 toward the legal costs of the bill payments giant. 

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Johnnie Walker wins trade mark fight over McGuigan Wines’ Black Label
Intellectual Property 2024-08-13 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

Australian wine company McGuigan has lost its bid to trade mark ‘Black Label’ for its wine after Johnnie Walker, which makes the popular Black Label whiskey, successfully argued it would cause consumer confusion.

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GSK defeats Novadart trade mark for generic rival to prostate drug Avodart
Intellectual Property 2024-08-12 11:47 pm By Andy Sidler

A GlaxoSmithKline unit has defeated Nova Pharmaceuticals’ bid to trade mark ‘Novadart’ for a generic version of the British company’s market-leading drug prostate drug ‘Avodart’, with a delegate finding the mark would cause consumer confusion.

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ATO asks High Court to reverse PepsiCo’s win on royalty withholding tax
Intellectual Property 2024-08-09 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The tax office has asked the High Court to overturn a decision which found that payments made by Asahi Breweries-owned Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands such as Pepsi and Mountain Dew in Australia were not subject to a royalty withholding tax. 

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Top cancer institute wins patent for patient-specific vaccine
Intellectual Property 2024-08-09 10:20 pm By Andy Sidler

US-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has succeeded in patenting a patient-specific method for developing cancer vaccines using genome sequencing.

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Judge reluctant to allow startup to cross-examine Fortescue’s IP lawyer
Intellectual Property 2024-08-08 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge appears reluctant to allow Element Zero to cross-examine an external lawyer hired by mining company Fortescue over alleged “egregious material non-disclosure” during Fortescue’s bid for “extreme and unorthodox” search orders against the green startup’s founders.

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New senior barristers in Victoria have high-stakes commercial, criminal chops
Business of Law 2024-08-08 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian Bar has welcomed 25 new senior counsel to the ranks this year, a group of barristers with broad ranging experience in IP, tax, class actions, employment and criminal law.

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