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Mylan appeals loss to Sun Pharma over cholesterol drug patent
Intellectual Property 2019-02-14 11:31 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Mylan has appealed a ruling invaliding claims of its cholesterol drug patent and dismissing its patent infringement case against Sun Pharma.

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Judge slams Fuchs evidence as ‘absolute garbage’ in spat over privileged docs
Intellectual Property 2019-02-13 10:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has panned evidence put on by Fuchs Lubricants in a patent dispute with Quaker Chemical as “woefully inadequate” and “absolutely garbage”, partially shooting down the firm’s attempt to block discovery of allegedly privileged documents.

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TPI agrees to stop selling high codeine poppy seed, for now
Intellectual Property 2019-02-12 9:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Poppy processor TPI Enterprises has agreed to stop selling seed from high codeine poppy plants while it defends a lawsuit by rival Tasmanian Alkaloids alleging TPI infringed two of its innovation patents for high codeine-concentrated poppy.

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Wavetrain wants court muzzle on competitor’s bad-mouthing over IP
Intellectual Property 2019-02-11 6:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

Railway technology company Wavetrain Systems has asked the court to bar a competitor started by its former CEO from making allegedly false claims about its patented rail safety devices to clients.

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Clive Palmer hit with copyright suit by Universal Music over Twisted Sister song
Intellectual Property 2019-02-08 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clive Palmer is facing the music after riffing off Twisted Sister’s 1980s anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in his election campaign ads, with Universal Music lodging a copyright infringement case against the aspiring MP.

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Sanofi slams judge’s harm assessment in denying injector pen injunction
Intellectual Property 2019-02-08 9:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge that rejected a bid by Sanofi-Aventis for an injunction blocking rival Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the PBS erred in his consideration of the harm it would face, the drug giant has told the Full Federal Court.

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Wyeth defends validity of patents in trial over best-selling Prevnar 13 vaccine
Intellectual Property 2019-02-07 11:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth has shot down arguments by rival Merck Sharp & Dohme that its Prevnar 13 vaccine lacked inventiveness, saying during the closing submissions of a high-stakes patent trial that up until it developed the top-selling shot scientists thought there was a “ceiling” of 11 types of pneumococcal bacteria that could be included in a single vaccine.

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Court overturns $2.8M Microsoft IP judgment against computer retailer
Intellectual Property 2019-02-07 10:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Melbourne computer retailer has won its appeal of a $2.8 million damages award for allegedly violating Microsoft’s Windows 7 IP, with a judge overturning the ruling by Justice Alexander ‘Sandy’ Street and ordering a rehearing before a new judge.

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Fairfax won’t drop suit against Network 10 over Boss trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-02-06 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fairfax Media is moving forward with a lawsuit against Network Ten over the alleged infringement of its “Boss” trade mark, even after the TV broadcaster agreed to stop using the name.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme slams Wyeth vaccine patent claims as ‘hearsay and speculation’
Intellectual Property 2019-02-06 8:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

Claims by Wyeth that its patented Prevnar 13 pneumococcal vaccine was inventive because other pharmaceutical giants had failed in developing similar vaccines are based on “hearsay and speculation,” Merck Sharp & Dohme told the court during closing submissions in the high-stakes trial over the world’s best-selling vaccine.

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