The High Court will weigh in on the relevance of reputation in passing off claims, taking up an appeal by Bed Bath N’ Table of a finding that rival retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
Macquarie’s fight with a NSW credit union — which saw the bank’s ‘Macbank’ trade mark cancelled because, a delegate found, it had only been used colloquially — has landed in the Federal Court.
Green iron start-up Element Zero has lost its latest bid to set aside search orders in a case by Fortescue alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron.
A delegate has ordered the removal of Macquarie’s ‘Macbank’ trade mark, finding no evidence of use in the course of trade despite the moniker being widely used to refer to the bank colloquially.
Home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table has asked the High Court to reverse a Full Court judgment that found retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
Element Zero has denied claims that three former Fortescue employees, including one executive, misused confidential information and developed a green iron process on the company dime.
International currency exchange company Travelex has won its opposition to three trade marks by blockchain travel company Travelx.
A “time poor” judge’s extensive copying and pasting of submissions and an offensive tweet by senator Pauline Hanson were at the centre of the week’s biggest litigation wins.
In a loss for Bed Bath N’ Table, the Full Court has overturned a finding that homewares retailer House engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct by setting up its ‘Bed & Bath’ stores.
Green iron start-up Element Zero is continuing its fight over search orders won by rival Fortescue that it claimed were a massive over-reach.