Harvard University has lost its opposition to a law firmās bid to register ‘Harvard Legal’ as a trade mark.
A letter by King & Wood Mallesons was an unjustifiable threat of patent litigation against car accessories company Clearview, as was an announcement by the firm’s client MSA, but MSA’s director cannot be held liable as a joint tortfeasor under the Patents Act, a judge has found.
The path has been cleared for US university to patent its rare cancer detection invention, defeating opposition from an Australian medical technology company.
The Full Federal Court has provided clarity around additional damages in patent cases by reducing the penalties liable to be paid by an Australian fencing and gate manufacturer found to have infringed a rival’s patent for a fence base.