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A judge has revoked two patents held by national fitness chain F45 for a computer-run trainer workout system.
IP Australia has quashed an extension for a patent covering a Bayer oral contraceptive, saying the extension should have been calculated based on a drug that was included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods at an earlier date.
Plumbing company Repipe has asked the High Court to take up its case centred on the controversial issue of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, seeking to overturn a judgment it argues sets a new and impermissible test.
Rideshare giant Uber has lost its bid to prevent a Queensland-based healthcare app from registering its ‘Uberdoc’ trademark despite a "high degree of similarity" to a suite of Uber trade marks.
The maker of Ugg footwear has successfully opposed an application by an Australian shoe seller to register a trade mark containing the word 'ugg', but a delegate has warned the company it does not have an exclusive right to the descriptive word.
The world's largest macadamia grower has launched an appeal of an IP Australia decision that found its logo mark was deceptively similar to US confectionary giant Mars’ trade marks for its flagship candy M&Ms.
The Australian government has negotiated a historic $20 million deal with Indigenous artist Harold Thomas to acquire the copyright to the Aboriginal flag, following years of disputes over its ownership.
The battle of the bunnies has begun as London-based soft toy designer Jellycat sues Kmart for stocking an alleged knockoff of its eminently popular ‘Bashful Bunny’ plush toy.
Israeli drug company Neurim Pharmaceuticals has won an eight month extension to apply for a grace period for its melatonin tablet patent to treat children with autism spectrum disorder after Australian company Generic Partners lost its "inherently implausible" opposition to the patent.
US-based telecommunications giant Verizon has sued a Melbourne company for allegedly violating its 'Verizon' trade marks by registered a business with the same name.