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Class action PR firm denies hurting United Petroleum’s reputation
The PR firm promoting a class action against United Petroleum has denied it hurt the petrol chain's reputation by publishing an image depicting it as 'evil'.
Isuzu can’t stay Directed Electronics case despite $170M trade secrets win
Vehicle maker Isuzu can't shut down an $18 million suit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over a former employee’s alleged theft of trade secrets.
New battle in Lexapro patent war between Lundbeck, Sandoz
Novartis unit Sandoz is appealing a tribunal decision in favour of pharmaceutical company Lundbeck over a licence to sell a generic version of leading antidepressant Lexapro.
Ashurst sours on repping Care A2 in trade mark stoush
Bix Six firm Ashurst has dropped Care A2 as a client on the eve of trial in the dairy company's long-running battle to quash rival A2 Milk's trade marks.
Ex-Aristocrat design head to pay up for copying docs containing trade secrets
Gaming giant Aristocrat has settled a suit brought against its former head of design, who admitted to copying a "substantial" number of documents containing the company's sensitive trade secrets.
Aristocrat seeks High Court do-over on Lightning Link patents
Aristocrat has asked the High Court to rule once and for all on whether its popular Lightning Link game is patentable, after a differently comprised court was evenly split on the question.
AFT’s patent for cold medication just three drugs ‘in a box’, IP Australia says
IP Australia has rejected AFT Pharmaceuticals’ bid to patent a combination cold and flu medication, finding the invention was little more than putting three different medications “in a box”.
Aristocrat sues rival, ex-employees over Dragon Link trade secrets
Aristocrat has sued competitor Light & Wonder and two former employees for allegedly using confidential information about its popular Dragon Link poker game to develop a competing product.
Fortescue scores win against start-up accused of ‘industrial scale’ misuse
Fortescue has defeated a bid by its former CFO’s green iron start-up to set aside search orders that were said to have been secured “off the back of egregious material non-disclosure”.  
Eli Lilly loses bid for ‘>Hair’ trade mark
US drug giant Eli Lilly cannot register a trade mark consisting of the word 'hair' preceded by the 'greater-than' symbol, despite winning registration in the UK, Switzerland and New Zealand.