Bodum, maker of the popular glass French press coffee maker, has sued an Australian company for allegedly copying the design and getup of its iconic device, on the heels of winning a $4 million judgment in the US over a copycat device.
Animal drug giant Merial is pushing on with its opposition to rival Intervet’s bid to a patent a non-drug resistant injectable formula for treating animal parasites, filing an appeal in the Federal Court after it came up short in its challenge before IP Australia.
McDonald’s must hand over financial records for its Corner Cafe as the trade mark battle launched by Melbourne’s Corner Hotel heads to mediation.
An international IP dispute between the Royal Australian Mint and its Canadian counterpart over a patent for printed commemorative coins has settled, three months after Australia revealed its “knockout claim” in the case.
Australian banknote manufacturer CCL Secure has successfully blocked British rival De La Rue International from registering a patent for a banknote security device.
ObjectiVision has presented a “limited” and “debatable” case that its source code for a glaucoma testing device was copied, the Federal Court heard Thursday as the trial in a four-year spat with the University of Sydney over IP rights came to a close.
Motorola Solutions says Hytera Communications misled the Federal Court about key decision makers involved in the development of radio products which it claims infringe three of its patents.
Energy drink giant Monster Energy Company has come up short in two oppositions to trade mark registrations which it claimed would infringe its marks.
TPI Enterprises has gone on the offensive in a patent lawsuit initiated by rival poppy processor Tasmanian Alkaloids, saying the patents at the centre of the suit describe natural parts that can’t be patented.
Consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has successfully opposed a proposed patent for a toilet bowl cleaner filed by rival S.C. Johnson, but a delegate for IP Australia has allowed the company to amend its patent application.