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Gaming giants settle fight over docs in poker machine case
Intellectual Property 2018-06-15 11:34 am By Christine Caulfield

Pokies giants Ainsworth Game Technology and Aristocrat Technologies have settled their spat over access to documents ahead of a hearing to decide if Aristocrat can gather evidence for a possible case alleging its rival stole an idea for a new poker machine.

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F. Hoffman La-Roche wins injunction in biologics patent case
Intellectual Property 2018-06-12 10:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted F. Hoffman La-Roche’s request for a temporary order blocking Sandoz from making or selling a biosimilar version of its patented biologic used to treat various cancers and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Aristocrat docs still ‘floating around’ rival’s office, court told
Intellectual Property 2018-05-30 2:55 pm By Miklos Bolza

Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies told a court Wednesday that confidential material used by a designer to steal its poker machine idea may yet find its way into the launch version of its rival’s machine, despite assurances to the contrary.

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Bega ratchets up claims in peanut butter feud with Kraft
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-05-24 9:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bega Cheese has brought new allegations against Kraft in their dispute over who owns the rights to the signature Kraft peanut butter packaging in Australia.

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Aristocrat wants to sue gaming rival for stealing poker machine idea
Intellectual Property 2018-05-24 3:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

Gaming giant Aristocrat has commenced legal action against rival Ainsworth, claiming a ā€œcontroversialā€ game designer used confidential information to develop a competing slot machine.

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Roche asks court to stop launch of Novartis’ MabThera biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2018-05-15 10:45 pm By Miklos Bolza

Drug giant F. Hoffman-La Roche asked the Federal Court Tuesday for an order barring the release of a generic version of its blockbuster cancer drug MabThera by a unit of Swiss rival Novartis, which it claims could lead to “tens of millions of dollars” in losses.

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Kraft can’t sidestep Australian court’s arbitration stay ruling
Intellectual Property 2018-05-04 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has shot down Kraft’s suggestion that his order blocking it from acting further in a US arbitration between it and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights should only pertain to its claims and not Bega’s cross-claim.Ā 

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Judge halts Kraft-Bega arbitration in US while Aussie case proceeds
Intellectual Property 2018-04-20 10:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted Bega’s request to halt US arbitration proceedings between the Australian food maker and Kraft over peanut butter trade dress rights until a related case in Federal Court is resolved.

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Telstra, Vodafone settle Voxson infringement suit over GPS patent
Intellectual Property 2018-03-19 1:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telstra and Vodafone have reached a mid-trial deal to end an infringement case alleging use of GPS technology by the telcos to track customer phones violates a 1994 patent.

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Bayer pesticide patents invalidated after Syngenta challenge
Intellectual Property 2018-03-13 9:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Patent Office has invalidated two insecticide patents by Bayer on a challenge by rival Syngenta, with a delegate of the agency ruling the inventions’ claims were obvious.

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