Gaming company Konami will cough up $35.9 million dollars to rival company Aristocrat Technologies next year, eight years after a judge found that it had violated Aristocratās patent for a slot machine with an improved jackpot feature.
Gaming company Konami Australia has been ordered to pay rival Aristocrat Technologies a proportion of profits from the sale of patent-infringing poker machines over a 12-year period, as well as a chunk of damages for supply of the games that generated no revenue at all.
US lingerie and beauty giant Victoriaās Secret has won undertakings from Chemist Warehouse to stop selling allegedly fake fragrance products until a trade mark suit against the pharmacy giant is decided.
Puma has failed in its bid for leave to appeal a decision that found its āProcatā trade mark was deceptively similar to US machinery manufacturer Caterpillarās CAT marks.
The Full Federal Court has rejected an Australian inventorās appeal of a ruling that found three manufacturers of essential oil products did not infringe his patent because the oil was a āstaple commercial productā.
An Australian designer of a trendy neoprene handbag sold at high-end department stores has lost an appeal which challenged a judgeās finding that its flagship bag was not a work of artistic craftsmanship.
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.
National fitness chain F45 has appealed a court decision revoking two of its patents for a computer-run trainer workout system, arguing its system constituted a technological innovation in the field of fitness studio franchising which rival Body Fit has profited from.
The High Court has decided to weigh in on whether computer-implemented inventions are eligible for patent protection, granting special leave to Aristocrat Technologies to challenge a judgment that shot down four patents for its popular Lightning Link electronic poker machine.
A judge has revoked two patents held by national fitness chain F45 for a computer-run trainer workout system.