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Fiancé of Bondi Junction stabbing victim sues Nine over social media photos
The fiancé of Bondi Junction stabbing victim Dawn Singleton has sued publisher Nine for copyright infringement, alleging its news outlets used pictures taken from his social media accounts without permission. 
‘Further or in the alternative’ no problem in bovine gene patent suit: court
A group of Australia’s leading beef and dairy companies has failed to strike-out a suit alleging their genetic testing system for cattle infringes the patent of a US genomics company, with a judge rejecting objections to the phrase ‘further or in the alternative’.
High Court to weigh in on relevance of reputation in passing off claims
The High Court will weigh in on the relevance of reputation in passing off claims, taking up an appeal by Bed Bath N’ Table of a finding that rival retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
High Court won’t take up Hytera appeal of ‘industrial theft’ ruling
The High Court has declined to hear radio manufacturer Hytera's appeal of a finding that it misappropriated Motorola's source code in a case of "substantial industrial theft”. 
ATO, PepsiCo face off in High Court fight over royalty withholding tax
Payments by bottler Schweppes Australia to US drink giant PepsiCo should be assessed as royalty income under tax law, the ATO has told the High Court in a high-stakes case.
Zip hopes High Court buys honest concurrent use defence in high-stakes trade mark suit
Buy now, pay later giant Zip will ask the High Court to throw out a ruling that found it infringed mortgage provider Firstmac's 'Zip' trade mark and barred it from using the name in Australia.
Lord of all trade mark battles goes to Federal Court
The IP rights holder of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises has appealed its loss in a trade mark battle with vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries.
Beckman Coulter shoots down biotech’s stem cell trade mark
US lab products giant Beckman Coulter has successfully opposed an Australian biotech's bid to trade mark ‘Cytophex’ for its stem cell expansion system, with an IP Australia delegate finding the mark is too similar to Beckman's ‘CytoFLEX’ mark. 
Novartis loses appeal over patent for heart drug Entresto
Pharmacor will be allowed to sell a generic version of heart drug Entresto after the Full Court rejected Swiss drug giant Novartis' appeal of a ruling that found an extension of the term of its patent for the drug was invalidly granted.