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Ripple Labs denies PayID is deceptively similar to trade mark of Aussie mobile banking system
US cryptocurrency maker Ripple Labs has hit back at an intellectual property lawsuit brought by the Australian company behind the ubiquitous PayID mobile banking system, saying its PayID trade mark is neither substantially identical nor deceptively similar to the Aussie mark.
Merck Sharp & Dohme settles trade mark spat with German drug company
US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme has settled trade mark litigation brought by German drug maker Merck KGaA alleging it violated a 1970 agreement by using the "Merck" mark in Australia.
Ripple blocked from advertising to Australians in PayID trade mark dispute
A court has issued an order restraining US blockchain company Ripple Labs from advertising its PayID system to Aussies, two days after the company agreed to geoblock its website within Australia.
US industrial giant Illinois Tool Works sues Aussie concrete company for patent infringement
US industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works has launched Federal Court patent infringement proceedings against an Australian producer of precast concrete products.
Ripple Labs to rebrand in face of PayID trade mark lawsuit
US blockchain technology firm Ripple Labs has said that it will rebrand and block access to allegedly infringing websites as it seeks to rapidly resolve an intellectual property dispute launched over the PayID trade mark.
Owner of PayID trade mark sues cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs
The company behind the ubiquitous mobile banking PayID system has filed Federal Court trade mark proceedings against a US blockchain technology firm over its global real-time payment service.
Janssen to expand patent case against Juno over generic HIV drug
Drug manufacturer Janssen wants to expand its high stakes case against Juno Pharmaceuticals over its HIV drug Prezista, alleging Juno's plans to launch a generic version of the drug threaten another one of its patents.
Sequenom’s ‘incorporeal’ prenatal genetic test unpatentable, Ariosa tells Full Court
Ariosa Diagnostics is fighting to revoke a patent for noninvasive prenatal test owned by Sequenom, arguing it merely describes how to extract "incorporeal" genetic information that is naturally found within the DNA of an unborn foetus.
Janssen files lawsuit to block generic version of HIV drug
Drug maker Janssen has fired off a lawsuit against Juno Pharmaceuticals for allegedly threatening to infringe a patent for its HIV drug Prezista with a generic version of the drug, one year after fending off generic competition from a different drug maker.
Bega melts Saputo bid to trade mark cheese cartoon figure
Cheese maker Saputo's proposed trade mark for an adorable cheese cartoon figure is substantially identical to Bega's intellectual property for a 'smiling anthropomorphised' cheese biped and cannot be trade marked, a delegate of the trade marks office has found.