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Maurice Blackburn ignored Fearless Girl artist’s restrictions on replica, State Street says
Intellectual Property 2019-11-25 9:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn disregarded emails by the artist behind the iconic Fearless Girl statue questioning whether she would be breaching her contract with US asset management firm State Street in selling the law firm a replica, a court has heard.

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank loses 20-year-old trade mark for ‘Community Bank’
Intellectual Property 2019-09-20 10:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has overturned a win for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in a trade mark battle with NSW-based Community First Credit Union, finding the credit union had successfully argued to revoke the bank’s 20-year-old trade mark for ‘Community Bank’.

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ACCC loses case against Woolworths over ‘eco’ plate claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-07-05 9:28 pm By Amelia Birnie

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has lost a consumer case against Woolworths, with the Federal Court finding the supermarket giant’s  environmental claims for its line of disposable plates, bowls and cutlery were accurate, not false and misleading.

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Judge lifts injunction won by State Street against Maurice Blackburn’s Fearless Girl
Intellectual Property 2019-02-21 9:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn has persuaded a judge to lift a temporary injunction that blocked the law firm from going ahead with plans to unveil a replica of the iconic New York statue, Fearless Girl, at Melbourne’s Federation Square for International Women’s Day.

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Parts used in Holden upgrades don’t infringe GM’s designs, court says
Intellectual Property 2019-02-14 11:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

GM Holden has lost most of its case for design infringement against a company that imported and distributed spare car parts used to “up-spec” lower range Holden models, in the court’s first test of the Designs Act’s repair defence.

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