An interstate trademark and passing off battle between craft beer makers has ended with a full bench of the Federal Court dismissing an appeal by Bryon Bay’s Stone & Wood brewers against a ruling in favor of Brunswick-based Elixir.
Qantas has successfully defended against a challenge to its bid to trade mark the term “Qantas Assure”, with the Registrar of Trade marks saying the inclusion of the notorious Qantas mark in the term made consumer confusion unlikely.
Industry groups filed an appeal yesterday of a Fair Work Commission decision that granted approval to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.
Bunnings Properties Pty Ltd has defeated a challenge brought by the Ku-ring-gai Council to its plans for development at the site of the former 3M building in a Sydney suburb.
Viterra Malt has come up short in a second bid to access communications between Cargill Australia and its lawyers, in a case alleging fraudulent concealment by Viterra in its $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White Maltings to Cargill Australia in 2013.
Campbell Soup Co. has lost its bid to trade mark the phrase “Fruits and Roots” for beverages, with an IP Australia delegate saying the food giant had not proven the mark could distinguish its products.
Fairfax Media has lost a bid to stop online property advertising company REA Group from trademarking its web address realestate.com.au.
The securities regulator is going after failed oil prospector Antares Energy and its former chief executive James Cruickshank after they told investors about offers for its oil and gas interests in western Texas that never materialised.
As Shine Lawyers awaits judgment in a marathon class action against Johnson & Johnson over its pelvic mesh implants, a separate class action by the firm kicked into gear Wednesday when a judge gave the ok to serve court papers on US-based American Medical Systems.
The official exporter of crystal from the Czech Republic has lost a battle with an Australian catering company over the exclusive rights to the name Bohemia Crystal.
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