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The Sydney Opera House is challenging a ruling that denied its opposition to a trade mark application filed by a China-Australia trade association that featured an image of the opera house sails together with the Great Wall of China.
Advanta Seeds has been denied more time to pay renewal fees for its patent for a hybrid plant cell after correspondence from its lawyers about the renewal was sent to employees that had left the company and the patent renewal fell through the cracks during a 2016 systems upgrade.
A judge has shot down Monster Energy's opposition to Japanese software company Mixi registering the 'Monster Strike' trade mark in Australia for its popular video game of the same name, the second judge to find the energy drink maker's standalone 'Monster' mark does not have a significant reputation in Australia.
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.
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.