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Seven loses stoush with 7-Eleven over ‘7NOW’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2023-06-08 11:38 pm By Gareth Baker

Seven Network has lost its effort to stop convenience chain 7-Eleven from using a contested logo even though Seven had registered the trade mark first, with a court finding the broadcaster sat on the mark for too long before using it. 

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Judge throws cold water on Fairy’s ’30 Minute Miracle’ launch
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-05-01 9:09 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit the maker of Fairy dishwashing products with an interim injunction that will disrupt the launch of its 30 Minute Miracle detergent, after finding consumer claims by the maker of Finish dishwashing products had a strong prospect of success.

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Finish detergent maker says trade mark judgment doesn’t wash
Appeals 2022-10-31 2:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The maker of Finish dishwashing products has appealed a judgment that removed two of its trade marks for non-use and rejected its claim that a competitor’s logo was deceptively similar.

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Finished: Powerball detergent maker loses trade mark case
Intellectual Property 2022-09-06 2:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The maker of Finish dishwashing products has had two of its trade marks struck from the register after losing an intellectual property suit against an emerging rival.

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Bangkok Broadcasting settles ‘7’ trade mark stoush with Seven Network
Intellectual Property 2022-09-05 9:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bangkok Broadcasting and Seven Networks have settled two lawsuits over the Thai broadcaster’s registration of ‘7’ marks in Australia.

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Uniden found to have infringed radio design patent of rival GME
Intellectual Property 2022-05-23 3:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that Uniden infringed rival GME’s design patent for a handheld radio, derailing the company’s plan for an Australian launch of two products.

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‘No launch, no loss’: Judge questions damages claim in Uniden design patent feud
Intellectual Property 2022-03-28 12:13 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has questioned GME’s pursuit of additional damages in its intellectual property lawsuit against Japan’s Uniden that alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communication giant of two new CB radio products amounts to infringement of its design patent. 

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Electronics giant Uniden faces court fight over design of latest radio
Intellectual Property 2022-03-17 4:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Japan’s Uniden has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit by Australia’s only CB radio manufacturer, which alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communications giant of two new products amounts to infringement of its design patent.

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Seven in talks to settle fight with broadcaster over 7HD trade mark
Intellectual Property 2022-03-14 11:15 am By Christine Caulfield

Seven Network is in negotiations with Bangkok Broadcasting to resolve their spat over the Thai broadcaster’s proposed 7HD trade mark, which was found to be deceptively similar to Seven’s mark.

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Finish detergent wins injunction in Powerball trade mark case
Intellectual Property 2021-09-06 1:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

The makers of Finish dishwashing products has secured an injunction keeping rival Somat products branded with an allegedly infringing logo from supermarket shelves until the Federal Court decides a high-stakes trade mark battle.

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