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Neurim fights to amend Circadin patent amid infringement case against generics
Intellectual Property 2018-11-12 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

Drug maker Neurim Pharmaceuticals is battling to amend its Australian patent for the blockbuster sleeping pill Circadin over opposition from two generic pharmaceutical companies, which […]

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Common shapes don’t distinguish Italian meat co.’s trade mark, delegate finds
Intellectual Property 2018-11-12 3:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Italian deli meat producer AIA has lost its opposition to a trade mark application by competing salumi manufacturer Borgo, with the Registrar of Trade marks […]

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‘Ingenuity’ needed for software-aided biz method patent, IP Australia says
Intellectual Property 2018-11-09 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

A software-implemented business method could be patentable if programmed into a computer with “some ingenuity”, IP Australia told the Full Federal Court as a landmark […]

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Full Court urged to take ‘nuanced’ view of software patentability
Intellectual Property 2018-11-08 8:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

Fintech company Encompass has asked the Full Federal Court to take a more “nuanced” approach to software patentability than the one currently held by IP […]

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Fueltrac to sue Queensland over copyright for pump price report
Intellectual Property 2018-11-07 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Court will hear a dispute between Fueltrac and the State of Queensland over the copyright for the fuel data reporting company’s monthly pump […]

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Hytera must hand over Chinese docs in Motorola spat, judge says
Intellectual Property 2018-11-06 9:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Shenzen-based radio manufacturer Hytera Communications has lost a bid to circumvent its discovery obligations in an ongoing patent dispute with Motorola, with a Federal Court […]

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Aussie winemakers lose challenge to ‘Avola’ geographical indication mark
Intellectual Property 2018-11-06 3:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A group representing Australian winemakers has lost its objection to the European Commission’s plan to register ‘Avola’ as a mark of geographical indication for wine. […]

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Otsuka defence threatened in Abilify patent case
Intellectual Property 2018-11-05 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth of Australia is weighing a bid to strike out Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s defence as the government seeks lost subsidies after an almost seven-year long […]

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Melbourne University’s Trinity College sues to protect lucrative name
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-11-05 4:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

An education provider calling itself Trinity College Australia faces a lawsuit alleging it is duping consumers by trying to pass off as The University of […]

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Vittoria wins challenge to another Mondelez coffee machine patent
Intellectual Property 2018-11-02 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian coffee maker Vittoria Food & Beverage has won another challenge to a patent for a coffee pod system filed by a unit of Mondelez […]

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