Construing an âambiguousâ order from the Full Federal Court, a judge has ordered a fresh trial in a trade secrets case that touched on the permissible scope of law firmsâ involvement in drafting expert reports.
Several class action counsel and an IP expert are among twenty-five new silks appointed in Victoria.
Buy now, pay later company Zip Co offered $4 million to settle a lawsuit by mortgage provider Firstmac alleging infringement of its ‘Zip’ trade mark which it ultimately defeated.
Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co has successfully defended a lawsuit over its use of Firstmac’s ‘Zip’ trade mark and won its bid to have the mortgage providerâs mark removed for non-use.
An appeals court has said that while it might be desirable for law firms to disclose their involvement in drafting expert reports, they are not legally obligated to do so, overturning a finding that Corrs Chambers Westgarth went âfar beyond the permissible scopeâ of involvement in a report prepared for a trade secrets case.
A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers has lost its opposition to registration of a parmesan trade mark in Australia by an international group dedicated to protecting common names from being monopolised.
The Indian government has lost a bid to register a trade mark for the word âBasmatiâ, after an IP Australia delegate found rice growers outside of India had an âequally valid claim” to use the term.
A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers who claim Kraft Foods’ ‘Kraft parmesan cheese’ trade will lead customers to believe the food giant’s cheese is made in Italy have taken their fight to the Federal Court.
A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers has lost its challenge to Kraft Foodsâ ‘Kraft parmesan cheese’ trade mark after an IP Australia delegate found that customers would be âscepticalâ that the product was Italian.
Puma has failed in its bid for leave to appeal a decision that found its âProcatâ trade mark was deceptively similar to US machinery manufacturer Caterpillarâs CAT marks.