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Motorola accuses Hytera of ‘industrial espionage on a grand scale’
Motorola has slammed Hytera for engaging in “industrial espionage on a grand scale”, after more than a thousand Motorola-branded documents were found in the possession of the Chinese radio maker.
State Street reaches settlement with super fund in Fearless Girl trade mark spat
US asset management firm State Street has dropped its trade mark case against superannuation fund HESTA over its Fearless Girl statue, after HESTA agreed to stop all marketing and promotion involving a replica of the famous New York statue. 
Singaporean company to be dragged into Hill & Smith road safety barrier patent dispute
UK-based building products giant Hill & Smith Holdings wants to drag a Singaporean entity into its road safety patent dispute with Australian company Safe Barriers, whose directors are ex-employees of Hill & Smith.
Yellow Pages maker’s ‘Sensis’ trade mark infringed by rival, court finds
The maker of the Yellow Pages and White Pages directories, Sensis, has won its IP case against a direct marketing company, with a judge ruling the rival's Senses Direct mark was deceptively similar to its mark, both visually and aurally.
ACCC approves ‘green’ plastic certification trade mark over vagueness concerns
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved an application by plastics manufacturer OxoPak for a certification trade mark for certain biodegradable plastics.
ISPs ordered to block sites that ‘rip’ audio from YouTube music videos
The court has ordered Australia's biggest internet service providers to block seven websites from "ripping" audio files from music videos on YouTube, in what the judge described as "industrial scale copyright infringement".
Mills Oakley nabs K&L Gates partner for launch of Melbourne IP group
Australian law firm Mills Oakley has established an IP practice in its Melbourne office, snatching a senior lawyer from rival K&L Gates, which is now set to lose five IP specialists in the space of almost two months.
Foxtel appeals ruling over Allens’ missed trade mark deadline
TV giant Foxtel wants another shot at opposing a trade mark by telco China Unicom, after a judge let stand an IP Australia decision refusing to revoke the trade mark when law firm Allens missed a deadline for opposing the mark.
Qudos Bank wins source code from Infosys as it weighs possible IP case
Technology consulting group Infosys must hand over more documents -- including source code -- to Qudos as the mutual bank considers a possible copyright infringement and breach of contract case in the wake of a soured deal to help overhaul its online banking platform.
Microsoft can’t get ‘free hand’ to change case in re-trial of IP spat, judge says
A judge has rejected an application by Microsoft to add a claim to its intellectual property dispute with a Melbourne computer retailer after the software giant's $2.8 million win was overturned as "regrettable" and the case sent back for re-trial.