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Katy Perry says Full Court got it right in trade mark spat with designer
Singer Katy Perry has asked the High Court to uphold the Full Court’s decision to knock out the ‘Katie Perry’ mark of an Australian fashion designer, as it gears up to hear an appeal raising issues about the construction of key provisions of the Trade Marks Act.
On Cloud continues fight against Cyclonic trade mark
Popular Swiss sports shoe maker On Clouds has filed proceedings in the Federal Court after its opposition to the registration of sustainable footwear brand Cyclonic's trade mark failed.
Bickford’s looks to protect ‘Spritz’ trade mark from cancellation
A judge has consolidated two cases in the Federal Court in which beverage maker Bickford’s is defending its 'Spritz' trade mark against bids for cancellation.
Zip wants High Court to resolve honest use split in trade mark rulings
Zip Co wants the High Court to weigh in on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark infringement cases, pointing to a “glaring inconsistency” between two recent rulings.
With its ‘significant’ reputation, IMDb wins challenge to Zumedia trade mark
Movie database giant IMDb has won a stoush with media company Zumedia, with IP Australia finding Zumedia's ‘DMDb’ trade mark was likely to cause confusion.
Light & Wonder says Aristocrat’s Dragon Link info not trade secrets
Gaming company Light & Wonder has hit back at Aristocrat’s intellectual property case, arguing that allegedly confidential information about the popular Dragon Link poker game was not trade secrets. 
Element Zero to fight Fortescue’s bid for 9M docs seized under search order
Green iron start-up Element Zero has said it will fight Fortescue’s bid to access nearly nine million documents collected under a controversial search order in the mining giant’s case alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron. 
CoreLogic can’t get more details in BCI’s data scraping case
US-based analytics company CoreLogic has lost its bid for further particulars in building information provider BCI’s case alleging it scraped content from its LeadManager platform to improve a competing product and procure customers. 
White & Case nabs Bird & Bird IP partner
White & Case has snapped up an IT and IP expert from Bird & Bird, citing the increasing need for technological expertise in M&A and private equity transactions. 
Piper Alderman, former GC named in Godfrey Hirst’s trade secrets case
Carpet giant Godfrey Hirst has brought proceedings against its former general counsel and former law firm Piper Alderman, alleging they were involved in a scheme to give confidential information to a rival