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Fashion label Portia & Scarlett wants access to founder’s devices
Intellectual Property 2025-10-13 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Formalwear brand Portia & Scarlett, which has accused one of its founders of accessing confidential dress designs contained in two computer files, has asked a court for access to her personal devices.

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Scidera’s bovine gene patent suit survives summary dismissal bid
Intellectual Property 2025-10-10 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Animal drug company Zoetis has lost its bid for summary dismissal of claims that it infringed US-based animal genomics company Scidera’s bovine gene patent, with a judge saying its novel arguments were not so clear-cut and needed to be worked out at trial.

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Pentana can’t withdraw admissions in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-09 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined car dealer software supplier Pentana’s bid to withdraw admissions made over four years ago in a dispute with competitor Titan DMS.

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Samsung Bioepis shoots down Janssen patent for ulcerative colitis biologic
Intellectual Property 2025-10-09 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Samsung Bioepis has successfully opposed Janssen’s bid to patent a monoclonal antibody to treat ulcerative colitis, but an IP Australia delegate has given the J&J-owned company a chance to fix its application.

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Abbey appeals failure in bid to invalidate patent for antiparasitic drug
Intellectual Property 2025-10-08 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Abbey Animal Health has appealed its loss in a suit seeking to invalidate rival Virbac’s patent for an antiparasitic drug.

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‘Argumentative and amorphous’: Startup attacks Fortescue’s call for seized docs in trade secrets row
Intellectual Property 2025-10-07 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Green iron startup Element Zero is challenging a bid by Fortescue for access to nine million seized documents in their trade secrets spat, saying its rival has not met the test for proving inadequate discovery of material.

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Abbey in ‘pyrrhic victory’ against Virbac over antiparasitic drug patent
Intellectual Property 2025-09-25 2:17 pm By Sam Matthews

Abbey Animal Health has managed only a “pyrrhic victory” in a patent case against rival Virbac over an antiparasitic drug, and must withdraw its Levamox Duo product from the market, a court has found.

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Puma loses trade mark catfight with Tiger Woods’ sportswear brand
Intellectual Property 2025-09-25 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Puma has lost its opposition to a trade mark application by Tiger Woods’ golf apparel and equipment brand Sun Day Red, failing to convince the Trade Marks Office that the company’s logo is deceptively similar to its iconic leaping cat mark.

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Fanatics takes trade mark spat with AFL merch maker to High Court
Intellectual Property 2025-09-24 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sports merchandise company Fanatics is going another round in its trade mark fight with AFL apparel maker FanFirm, urging the High Court to give guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use.

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Finish maker can’t trademark dishwasher tablet shape
Intellectual Property 2025-09-23 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Finish maker Reckitt Benckiser has lost its bid to trademark the shape of its dishwashing capsule, with a delegate finding it was not a “wholly concocted” shape that can be distinguished from similar products by other brands.

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