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Sportsbet launches trade mark suit against rival Crownbet
Intellectual Property 2018-06-25 9:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Online bookrunner Crownbet has been sued by rival Sportsbet over its attempt to trade mark and operate under the “Sportingbet” name.

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Aldi wins appeal over ‘natural’ claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-06-22 3:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has found products that market themselves as “natural” need not be made wholly of natural ingredients, handing a win to Aldi on appeal in its legal battle with the maker of the popular MoroccanOil line of hair products.

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Geneva Labs’ counterfeit Bio-Oil case dismissed as ‘madness’
Intellectual Property 2018-06-21 10:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has dismissed proceedings by US pharma giant Geneva Laboratories against disgraced Sydney pharmacist Mina Attia over sales of 1,000 counterfeit Bio-Oil skincare bottles, calling it “madness” and a misuse of the court.

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Fat pill patent by Danone unit gets IP Australia’s OK
Healthcare 2018-06-21 9:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Danone’s Nutricia unit has defeated a challenge by New Zealand’s dairy cooperative Fonterra to registration of an Australian patent for the use of a nutritional pill for increasing weight gain in frail, elderly people.

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Hilton to go another round over ‘Waldorf’ trade mark
Justice Stephen Burley 2018-06-21 11:31 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A serviced apartments provider wants to appeal a ruling that blocked it from trade marking the phrase “Waldorf Apartment” after Hilton Worldwide — which owns New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel – opposed the move.

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Food delivery startup loses bid to patent ordering method
Intellectual Property 2018-06-20 5:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A startup that provides company-branded mobile ordering services for the hospitality industry has lost a bid to patent a method for placing orders at a restaurant.

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Rio Tinto wins ok for mining patent on appeal
Intellectual Property 2018-06-20 11:32 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources has won its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that rejected its mining patent after a challenge by the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation.

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Domino’s can’t raise Uber patent in battle over GPS tracking
Intellectual Property 2018-06-19 10:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has served up a loss for Domino’s Pizza in its ongoing IP battle with Australian tech startup Precision Tracking, dismissing the company’s bid to bolster its case with an Uber patent. 

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ISPs ordered to block 28 piracy sites, in win for Foxtel
Intellectual Property 2018-06-19 6:00 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court on Tuesday ordered internet providers Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to block 28 websites accused of facilitating the illegal download and streaming of movies and TV shows.

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Canadian poppy coin invalidates own patent, Australia tells court
Intellectual Property 2018-06-18 10:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Government has revealed its “knockout claim” in an international IP dispute, accusing the Royal Canadian Mint of invalidating its own patent for printed coins by distributing the coins prior to the patent being filed.

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