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Briefly: REA Group wins challenge to realestateasia.com.au TM
Online property portal REA Group has successfully opposed registration of a trademark for the domain name realestateasia.com.au, with the Trade Marks Office saying the challenged mark was adopted to exploit the commercial success of the popular real estate site. 
Kraft can’t sidestep Australian court’s arbitration stay ruling
A Federal Court judge has shot down Kraft's suggestion that his order blocking it from acting further in a US arbitration between it and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights should only pertain to its claims and not Bega's cross-claim. 
Branhaven not ready to give up in bovine gene patent battle
Branhaven will seek court approval to amend the bovine gene patent held by it and Cargill, after the Federal Court sided with a challenge by Meat & Livestock Australia and found the patent was invalid.
Patents for ubiquitous fruit containers are valid, judge rules
A company that owns two innovation patents covering the ubiquitous produce containers in Australian grocery stores has successfully defended the validity of the inventions against claims they were neither inventive nor new.
Wheelie bin battle rolls into damages phase
Wheelie bin maker Mastec Australia needs a broad range of evidence to calculate the damages resulting from the misuse of its bin designs by rival Trident Plastics, a court heard Monday.
Judge fines software developer $4.3M in copyright battle
A Federal Court judge has ordered software development company Sea-Tech Automation to pay $4.3 million in a copyright case over a computer program for a drink monitoring system.
Judge invalidates Encompass’ software patents
Financial software company Encompass Corp., which lost its patent infringement case against technology firm InfoTrack, and lost its patents in the process, should pay just 30% of InfoTrack's costs, the Federal Court has been told.
Briefly: Carl Zeiss sues over lens patent
German optical device manufacturer Carl Zeiss has sued C.R. Surfacing Laboratories for allegedly violating one of its lens patents.
Roadshow wins bid to block piracy sites
A Federal Court judge has ordered Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to block 16 online sites for pirated content. 
Kellogg’s ends TM battle with tennis star over Special K mark
Kellogg's has ended its trade mark case against Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis, which sought to stop Kokkinakis from using his nickname "Special K" as part of a clothing and tennis wear branding campaign.