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Singer Katy Perry loses trade mark stoush with Aussie designer
Intellectual Property 2023-04-27 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In what a judge has dubbed a “tale of two women, two teenage dreams and one name”, US pop star Katy Perry has lost her bid to cancel the “Katie Perry” trade mark owned by an Australian designer and has been barred her from using her stage name to market clothing merchandise. 

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Neurim’s patent for mini melatonin put to sleep
Intellectual Property 2022-12-05 10:50 pm By Sam Matthews

Israeli drug company Neurim Pharmaceuticals has lost a bid to patent a mini version of its melatonin tablet Circadin for children, after a successful challenge by Australian drug maker Generic Partners.

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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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Vector Corrosion not entitled to concrete treatment patent, judge finds
Intellectual Property 2022-03-17 3:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

Concrete repair company Vector Corrosion Technologies has lost its bid for ownership of a concrete treatment patent held by three former employees who jumped ship, with a court finding the trio invented the technology after leaving Vector.

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Aussie fashion designer suing Katy Perry a ‘calculating and dishonest’ witness, court hears
Intellectual Property 2022-02-16 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian fashion designer suing Katy Perry over the rights to use the Katy Perry trade mark in Australia is a “calculating and dishonest witness” whose “utterly dishonest” testimony should not be believed, counsel for the pop star said during closing submissions.

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Singer Katy Perry accused of trying to ‘snuff out’ Aussie fashion designer
Intellectual Property 2021-11-29 9:52 pm By Bianca Hrovat

US pop star Katy Perry has been accused of using her “financial might” to “snuff out” the small business of an Australian fashion designer, as trial kicked off in a long-running intellectual property dispute over the rights to use the Katy Perry trade mark in Australia.

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Pfizer, Merck Sharpe & Dohme reach global settlement in vaccine patent battle
Intellectual Property 2021-09-24 6:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giants Merck Sharpe & Dohme and Pfizer have resolved a long-running intellectual property dispute over a 2015 patent owned by Pfizer for a pneumococcal vaccine.

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Katy Perry wins bid to withdraw ‘wrong’ admission in trade mark dispute
Intellectual Property 2021-09-24 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

US singer Katy Perry can withdraw an admission in a trade mark infringement case that licensing her brand to Target and Myer constituted use, with a judge finding the admission was “not consistent with current law”.

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Katy Perry wants to withdraw ‘wrong’ admission in trade mark spat with designer
Intellectual Property 2021-09-14 9:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

US singer Katy Perry is seeking to withdraw an admission that licensing her trade mark to Target and Myer constituted use, saying it was plainly “wrong” after the Full Federal Court held an owner who authorised use of a mark was not liable for direct infringement.

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Pop star Katy Perry wins privilege spat in trade mark lawsuit against designer
Intellectual Property 2021-06-28 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

US singer Katy Perry has won a ruling shielding communications with lawyers from 2009 in a trade mark dispute with Australian fashion designer Katie Perry.

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