The Full Court has overturned a landmark judgment which found artificial intelligence can be named as an inventor on patent applications, in a decision which brings Australia in line with findings from courts in the UK, US and EU.
Botox drug maker Allergan has secured an injunction against a Sydney-based cosmetics company which sought to āleverageā the reputation of the well-known injectable to sell its Freezeframe line of anti-aging topical creams.
Botox maker Allergan has successfully challenged a Federal Court judgment dismissing its trade mark lawsuit against an Australian company selling topical creams as an alternative to Botox injections.
A dispute is cooking over Hungry Jackās claim its Big Jack burger has 25 per cent more Aussie beef than the Big Mac, with McDonaldās saying it has tested the statement and found the Big Jack weighs less than its rival when cooked.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has lost its appeal of a ruling that revoked its 22-year-old ‘community bank’ trade mark, with the Full Federal Court agreeing that the phrase has an ordinary signification and cannot be trade marked for the bank’s services.
Botox maker Allergan has appealed a court judgment tossing most of trade mark case against an Australian cosmetics company that sells topical creams as Botox alternatives.
Botox maker Allergan has lost a lawsuit that accused an Australian cosmetics company that sells topical creams as an alternative to Botox injections of infringing its Botox trade mark.
Fast food giant McDonald’s will expand its lawsuit against rival Hungry Jack’s to bring a misleading and deceptive conduct allegation over an ad that claims the Big Jack burger is “clearly bigger” than the Big Mac.
Arguing the court was wrong to rule that its trade mark was not inherently distinctive, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is challenging a judgment that revoked its 20-year-old mark for ‘Community Bank’.
IP Australia has found two Encompass innovation patents that were at the centre of a highly anticipated Full Federal Court ruling on the patentability of computer software do not describe a manner of manufacture, despite an amendment from the financial software company.