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Monster Energy has lodged a Federal Court appeal after failing to block supplements retailer MuscleTech from registering a new logo that it alleges is similar to its own M claw mark.
Skincare giant L’Oreal has lost the rights to use a 23-year-old trade mark for branding some of its products, after a competitor successfully campaigned IP Australia to strike it from the register for non-use.
Payment giant Visa has lost an application for a patent covering a way to transfer assets between banks, with an IP Australia delegate saying the invention uses generic computer technology and is not patentable.
IP Australia has rejected an application by US technology company Block to patent a mobile payment method, saying it does not describe a manner of manufacture -- the threshold requirement tripping up many claimed computer-implemented inventions.
Discount pharmacy Priceline has finally won its bid to trade mark its signature pink colour, a year after its application was rebuffed by IP Australia.
A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers has lost its opposition to registration of a parmesan trade mark in Australia by an international group dedicated to protecting common names from being monopolised.
Crown Melbourne has dropped its appeal of a decision by IP Australia that rejected the casino's application for a patent covering a modified roulette game.
Agricultural giant Nufarm has lost its appeal of a decision giving rival Advanta Seeds extra time to pay a renewal fee for its patent for a hybrid plant cell, after an error by its lawyers caused the renewal to fall through the cracks.
The Indian government has lost a bid to register a trade mark for the word ‘Basmati’, after an IP Australia delegate found rice growers outside of India had an “equally valid claim" to use the term.
Mastercard has lost a bid to patent a data processing system used to prevent fraud on payment card networks, with an IP delegate Australia ruling the invention “does not rise above an idea.”