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City of Melbourne fights damages in parking patent case
Intellectual Property 2020-03-05 12:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

The City of Melbourne has rejected a claim for damages for allegedly infringing a patented parking detection system created by tech firm Vehicle Monitoring Systems, saying it was not aware of the existence of two patents underlying the invention.

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Dutch coffee giant pours hot water on K-fee’s patent for espresso capsule
Intellectual Property 2020-02-04 2:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Dutch coffee company behind the popular Moccona brand has successfully opposed a coffee capsule patent sought by coffee machine maker K-fee.

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Visy ordered to pay $1.6M to bubble wrap maker over licence for Chobani spoons
Intellectual Property 2020-02-03 5:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

The company behind the ubiquitous bubble wrap has won a consumer case against Visy Packaging, with the Federal Court awarding almost $3 million in damages after finding a spoon-lid combination supplied to yoghurt maker Chobani breached an exclusive licence agreement.

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Judge won’t park patent infringement case over City of Melbourne’s vehicle sensor system
Intellectual Property 2020-01-15 10:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

A data services company has failed to put the brakes on a patent infringement case by tech company Vehicle Monitoring Systems over a system used by the City of Melbourne for timing parked vehicles, despite arguing the case ended with a settlement five years ago.

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BlueScope tried to protect ‘invalid monopoly’ by withholding trade secrets, judge says
Intellectual Property 2020-01-14 11:55 am By Miklos Bolza

BlueScope’s decision to hide its trade secrets has doomed its patent infringement lawsuit against South Korean rival Dongkuk Steel, with a judge dismissing the case and invalidating two of the steel giant’s patents.

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Corrs partner on the hook for security in DNA patent appeal
Intellectual Property 2020-01-06 5:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

A partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth who successfully opposed a genome editing patent by ToolGen, and a corporate predecessor of law firm Ashurst, have been ordered to pay $375,000 in security in an appeal launched by the South Korean biotech firm.

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Rio Tinto subsidiary wins on appeal after IP Australia rejects mining patent
Intellectual Property 2019-11-18 10:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources has successfully challenged a decision by IP Australia to reject a patent application for a method of separating mined material, with a judge finding the claimed invention was not a collection of mere working directions as a delegate had found.

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Maurice Blackburn owes State Street royalties for Fearless Girl replica, court hears
Intellectual Property 2019-08-06 1:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

US investment manager State Street Global Advisors claims it lost out on royalties when Maurice Blackburn commissioned an allegedly infringing replica of its iconic Fearless Girl statue in New York City, a marketing phenomenon that has been estimated to be valued at up to $38.6 million.

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BASF termite control patent invalid, court told
Intellectual Property 2019-07-09 3:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

Sherwood Chemicals wants to exterminate claims alleging it infringed two patents held by US chemical giant BASF for an underground termite control system, saying the patents were invalid and that any infringement, if it occurred, was innocent.

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Teva, Boehringer settle inhaler capsule patent dispute
Intellectual Property 2019-06-19 2:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

Israeli drug giant Teva and German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim have settled their dispute over a patented capsule used to deliver the medicine in Boehringer’s top-selling inhaler Spiriva.

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