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Vagisil maker files appeal to halt European rival’s trade mark
Appeals 2020-03-04 9:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The maker of Vagisil feminine hygiene products has appealed a ruling that denied its bid to stop a European competitor from registering Vagisan as a trade mark in Australia.

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Judge tosses Vagisil maker’s challenge to European rival’s trade mark
Intellectual Property 2020-02-04 11:43 am By Miklos Bolza

The international company behind the Vagisil feminine hygiene brand has lost its bid to stop a European competitor from registering Vagisan as a trade mark in Australia.

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Federal Court backs IP Australia’s rejection of computer-implemented invention
Intellectual Property 2019-11-25 4:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Federal Court has again sided with with the Commissioner of Patents in a challenge to a ruling that found two patents for a computer-implemented invention were not a manner of manufacture.

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Designer appeals loss after court finds bikini style name not a trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-11-06 7:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Women’s fashion designer Pinnacle Runway is challenging a ruling that found a rival’s use of the name ‘Delphine’ to describe a bikini style did not constitute trade mark infringement, but the challenge might cost more than the fight is worth, after a judge found the company had already spent “many times more in legal costs” then it could hope to recover.

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IP Australia stubs out Philip Morris opposition to British American Tobacco e-cig trade mark
Intellectual Property 2019-07-24 8:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

US tobacco giant Philip Morris has failed in its challenge before IP Australia to rival British American Tobacco’s application for a trade mark to be used on its electronic cigarettes.

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Singaporean company to be dragged into Hill & Smith road safety barrier patent dispute
Intellectual Property 2019-05-29 9:01 pm By Amelia Birnie

UK-based building products giant Hill & Smith Holdings wants to drag a Singaporean entity into its road safety patent dispute with Australian company Safe Barriers, whose directors are ex-employees of Hill & Smith.

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Nestle unit wins patent for internet-connected coffee machine
Intellectual Property 2018-11-27 12:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A unit of Nestle unit has defeated an opposition to a patent for an internet-connected coffee machine that would allow users to read news and weather while making their morning coffee.

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Network 10 to ‘fiercely defend’ Boss trade mark case by Fairfax
Intellectual Property 2018-11-15 1:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

Network 10 told a court Thursday it would “fiercely defend” a trade mark case brought by Fairfax Media over 10’s recent rebrand and its newly approved trade mark, 10 Boss.

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IP Australia shuts down another coffee capsule patent
Intellectual Property 2018-05-21 11:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

For the third time this year, IP Australia has upheld a challenge to a coffee capsule patent, finding that the patent, owned by a unit of German food giant Kruger, was not inventive.

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