A subsidiary of Coca Cola has won its bid for removal of Sunraysia Natural Beverages’ Honest Kids trade mark for non-use, with IP Australia finding only “minimal and isolated” uses of the disputed mark.
A dispute over allegedly stolen Russian vodka trade marks has been permanently stayed as an abuse of process, after the Russian Federation failed to provide adequate discovery of relevant materials.
Treasury Wine Estates has won a nearly $352,000 judgment against an Australian company for allegedly violating its trade marks by making and selling copycat Penfolds products in China and Australia.
A resale price maintenance notification by Meredith Dairy that would block resellers from selling its goat cheese products below a specified price raises competition concerns, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says.
Judgment is expected Wednesday in a high-stakes dispute between consumer giants Kraft and Bega over who owns the rights to the signature Kraft peanut butter trade dress in Australia.
Melbourne-based pub and music venue The Corner Hotel has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland, as it continues to do battle with McDonald’s for allegedly infringing its “Corner” trade marks.
Bega Cheese has presuaded a court to allow a partner from Addisons Lawyers to access select confidential documents, expanding the confidentiality regime at the heart of its dispute with Fonterra Brands over an allegedly violated trade mark licence agreement.
McDonald’s is seeking the cancellation of trade marks held by famed Melbourne pub The Corner Hotel, which sued the fast food giant last year for allegedly violating its “Corner” trade marks with a experimental hipster cafe in Sydney.
A PappaRich franchise operator is facing legal action by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying 154 workers at three of the Malaysian food chain’s outlets in Sydney.
A parliamentary report released Thursday recommended major reform to the $170 billion franchise industry and called on three government agencies to probe franchise giant Retail Food Group and its top executives for potential insider trading, tax evasion and other unlawful conduct.