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US seafood giant Trident loses appeal in trade mark row with Aussie food company
Intellectual Property 2019-06-20 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

US-based Trident Seafoods has lost a Federal Court fight with an Australian-based Asian food company over three trade marks for the word ‘Trident’.

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Mystery woman emerges as potential source of ‘industrial espionage’ against Motorola
Intellectual Property 2019-06-19 9:05 pm By Amelia Birnie

The potential source of alleged “industrial espionage” in Motorola’s case against Hytera over the intellectual property for its digital radio mobile devices has been revealed as a mystery woman with two laptops that contained a “very large number of Motorola documents”, a court has heard.

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Teva, Boehringer settle inhaler capsule patent dispute
Intellectual Property 2019-06-19 2:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

Israeli drug giant Teva and German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim have settled their dispute over a patented capsule used to deliver the medicine in Boehringer’s top-selling inhaler Spiriva.

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Cosmetic surgeon can fix ‘tainted’ pleadings in ABC copyright case
Intellectual Property 2019-06-18 8:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Sydney-based plastic surgeon has been given another chance to fix “fundamental problems” in its copyright case against the ABC or using pictures of him in an article about a woman whose breast reportedly exploded after receiving breast augmentation surgery from him.

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Kraft can stay in peanut butter game while it appeals trade dress loss to Bega
Appeals 2019-06-17 9:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing a dispute between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has stayed orders barring Kraft from selling peanut butter in Australia featuring the disputed trade dress while it appeals its loss to Bega in the case.

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Maurice Blackburn denies infringing State Street IP with Fearless Girl replica
Intellectual Property 2019-06-12 1:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn has hit back at a lawsuit by State Street Global Advisors over the law firm’s use of a replica of its Fearless Girl statue, denying it has infringed the asset manager’s intellectual property.

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Copyright Tribunal overstepped with amended Foxtel licence, says Full Court
Intellectual Property 2019-06-11 3:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Copyright Tribunal erred by including rights in a reissued Foxtel licence agreement that fell outside the authority of the licence grant holder, the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia, the Full Federal Court has found.

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Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar sues Aussie bat maker for unauthorized use of image
Intellectual Property 2019-06-11 2:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

India’s God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar is suing Australian bat maker Spartan Sports, accusing the company of failing to pay him $2.87 million under a licensing deal and continuing to use his image after he terminated the agreement.

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Kraft, Bega to go another round in epic peanut butter trade dress battle
Appeals 2019-06-06 9:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The long-running dispute between Kraft Foods and Bega over who owns the rights to use the signature Kraft peanut butter trade dress in Australia is not over, with Kraft appealing a ruling that found Bega had acquired the rights to the trade dress when it purchased Kraft unit Mondelez’s Australian and New Zealand business in 2017.

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Airtasker wins opposition to ‘Like a Boss’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-06-05 5:20 pm By Miklos Bolza

Airtasker has succeeded in opposing a competitor’s application to trade mark the phrase ‘Like a Boss’, which the popular gig marketplace used in a long-running ad campaign.

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