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Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim will take another crack at opposing a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary of competitor Merck Sharp & Dohme.
The Federal Court has upheld Novartis' appeal of a ruling revoking its patent for an oral form of multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya, after Australian generic drug maker Arrow Pharmaceuticals dropped its opposition to the patent despite prevailing before IP Australia.
US women's clothing retailer Ann Taylor has come up short in its opposition to Nike's bid to register the 'Aeoroloft' mark for its brand of lightweight fitness apparel, with an IP Australia finding the mark is not deceptively similar to Ann Taylor's 'Loft' mark.
Fintech Zip Co has successfully opposed rival Flexigroup's attempt to trade mark 'No Interest Ever!', in the latest trade mark battle between buy now, pay later service providers in Australia.
Australia's leading livestock group cannot block US company Branhaven from amending its application for a bovine genome patent, which the group has worried could harm the Australian cattle industry's ability to use genetic tests.
Merck Sharp & Dohme has dropped a lawsuit brought against a unit of Indian generic manufacturer Lupin for allegedly threatening to infringe the patent for its multibillion-dollar diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet.
The High Court has declined to weigh in on the patentability of software, rejecting e-commerce company Rokt's bid for review of a decision striking down its marketing invention.
Engineering company Howden Australia can view the laptop and other electronic devices of an employee accused of stealing confidential information, after a judge found there was evidence suggesting the worker had not been "entirely truthful" with the court.
A judge has issued a broader injunction barring Air France from using the song 'Love Is In The Air' than the one proposed by the airline, after finding an Oregon electronic duo's song which was licenced to Air France copied the 1977 disco hit.
US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme has settled trade mark litigation brought by German drug maker Merck KGaA alleging it violated a 1970 agreement by using the "Merck" mark in Australia.