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Appeal filed in Fairlight synthesiser trade mark dispute
Entertainment 2018-11-14 10:25 pm By Miklos Bolza

Keyboard specialist PKT Technologies has returned for an encore in a six-year long trade mark dispute, appealing a $384,000 judgment against it for violating a trade mark licence agreement with engineer Peter Vogel, inventor of the groundbreaking synthesiser behind some of 80s pop music’s most iconic sounds.

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‘Ingenuity’ needed for software-aided biz method patent, IP Australia says
Intellectual Property 2018-11-09 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

A software-implemented business method could be patentable if programmed into a computer with “some ingenuity”, IP Australia told the Full Federal Court as a landmark appeal between rival tech companies Encompass and Infotrack wrapped up Friday.

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Full Court urged to take ‘nuanced’ view of software patentability
Intellectual Property 2018-11-08 8:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

Fintech company Encompass has asked the Full Federal Court to take a more “nuanced” approach to software patentability than the one currently held by IP Australia, on the first day of a high-stakes appeal over the patentability of computer-related inventions.

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Unlockd drops competition case against Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-31 10:55 am By Christine Caulfield

The administrators of collapsed startup Unlockd have withdrawn the company’s case against Google alleging the search engine giant abused its dominance to keep it out of the digital ad market.

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IP lawyers seek to intervene in software patent appeal
Intellectual Property 2018-10-29 9:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A group representing patent and trade mark lawyers is seeking to intervene in a high-stakes appeal over computer software patents.

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Hytera doesn’t get ‘within cooee’ of proving it has state secrets: Motorola
Intellectual Property 2018-10-17 9:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

Motorola has slammed an attempt by Hytera Communications to limit discovery in a long-running patent dispute between the companies, saying documents withheld by the Shenzen-based radio manufacturer come nowhere close to being state secrets protected under Chinese law.

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Clock’s ticking as Unlockd gets deadline for filing case against Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-15 11:15 am By Christine Caulfield

Failed digital ad company Unlockd has until the end of the month to set out its competition case against Google or the suit will be thrown out.

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Aristocrat wins discovery to probe theft of slot machine idea
Intellectual Property 2018-10-11 10:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Aristocrat Technologies has hit the jackpot in its bid for discovery to determine whether it has claims against rival Ainsworth for stealing its confidential information and using it to design a competing slot machine.

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Hytera asks to keep China’s state secrets from Motorola in IP war
Intellectual Property 2018-10-04 12:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hytera Communications wants the Federal Court to block Motorola from accessing evidence in their patent war covered by Chinese laws prohibiting disclosure of state secrets or compromising the country’s cybersecurity.

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Take-Two wins injunction against another Grand Theft Auto gamer
Intellectual Property 2018-10-02 3:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Take-Two interactive has won an injunction blocking a Grand Theft Auto gamer from distributing software that allows users to access restricted features of the popular game, a month after reaching a settlement with a gamer in a separate copyright case.

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