Apple has been granted a patent for an animation-generating user interface for its iPhone and iPad devices, beating back multiple adverse examination reports that described the invention as a presentation of “aesthetic content” that solved the problem “providing users with something engaging to look at”.
Internet service provider Dodo has agreed to refund up to $360,000 to about 16,000 customers after an investigation by the consumer watchdog into potentially misleading marketing claims about video streaming on its National Broadband Network plans.
Printer giant Seiko Epson has won its cross-appeal against cartridge reseller Calidad in a Full Federal Court decision that further clarifies the extent to which patentees can prevent those acquiring a patent’s title from repurposing or manipulating the original product.
Casino and mobile game giant Aristocrat Technologies has sued rival Ainsworth Game Technology for alleged copyright infringement and breaches of Australian consumer law following the suspected theft of trade secrets by an employee.
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has commenced legal action against Samsung Electronics for allegedly making false, misleading and deceptive representations when marketing the water resistant capabilities of its Galaxy smartphones.
A former Commonwealth Bank executive facing criminal commercial bribery charges has been ordered to hand over a number of documents in a US lawsuit brought by IT company Computer Sciences Corporation, but has avoided orders compelling him to take the witness stand.
A developer of what’s now being called the “Infamous Mod” for video game Grand Theft Auto, which gives players extra powers, is confident he can defend the copyright case brought against him by Take-Two Interactive and its subsidiary Rockstar Games.
The potential source of alleged “industrial espionageā in Motorolaās case against Hytera over the intellectual property for its digital radio mobile devices has been revealed as a mystery woman with two laptops that contained a āvery large number of Motorola documentsā, a court has heard.
Airtasker has succeeded in opposing a competitor’s application to trade mark the phrase ‘Like a Boss’, which the popular gig marketplace used in a long-running ad campaign.
Motorola has slammed Hytera for engaging in āindustrial espionage on a grand scaleā, after more than a thousand Motorola-branded documents were found in the possession of the Chinese radio maker.