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ATO, PepsiCo fight over royalty withholding tax goes to High Court
The ATO has won the nod from the High Court to appeal a finding that a royalty withholding tax did not apply to payments from Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands like Pepsi and Gatorade in Australia.
Judge grounds Moccona’s infringement claims over Vittoria’s coffee jar design
Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert's trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.
Judge approves settlement in Retail Food Group class action
A judge has signed off on a class action settlement that will see Retail Food Group pay nothing to the current and former franchisees of its Michel’s Patisserie chain.
Care A2 settles spat with infant formula distributor
Dairy company Care A2 has settled a dispute with Gensco Laboratories over an agreement to distribute its infant formula in the US that went sour.
Accolade, Pernod Ricard tie-up goes down smoothly with ACCC
The ACCC has cleared Accolade's proposed acquisition of Jacob’s Creek owner Pernod Ricard, finding it is not likely to substantially lessen competition in the supply of wine.
Coles dodges iFit challenge to Perform powerbar brand
Coles has defeated a trade mark challenge to its Perform brand of sports nutrition products by a sports equipment company.
IP case over basmati rice to venture into ‘darker corners’ of trade mark law
The scope of protection for geographical indications will be at issue in India's appeal of a decision that barred it from registering a trade mark for basmati rice.
At last minute, Care A2 finds law firm to replace Ashurst in IP spat
Infant formula company Care A2 has found new lawyers as trial begins in a trade mark dispute with rival a2 Milk.
Ditched by Ashurst, Care A2 set to miss own trade mark trial
Care A2 is set to miss the trial in its trade mark fight with rival A2 Milk after the baby formula company was ditched by its lawyers at Ashurst days ago. 
Ashurst sours on repping Care A2 in trade mark stoush
Bix Six firm Ashurst has dropped Care A2 as a client on the eve of trial in the dairy company's long-running battle to quash rival A2 Milk's trade marks.