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UbiPark wins claim of unjustified litigation threats by patent owner
Intellectual Property 2023-08-03 3:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

After winning a rare injunction restraining the owners of a patent from threatening litigation, carparking technology company UbiPark has prevailed in its claim the threats — aimed at itself and its customers — were unjustified.

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Peloton resolves trade mark case against Mad Dogg on eve of trial
Intellectual Property 2023-07-26 4:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Just days before trial, exercise bike giant Peloton Interactive has dropped its lawsuit against California fitness company Mad Dogg Athletics that sought removal of Mad Dogg’s ‘spinning’ trade mark.

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Hytera appeals ruling it stole Motorola’s code, copied computer programs
Intellectual Property 2023-07-10 5:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera has launched an appeal of a ruling that it misappropriated the source code of US mobile phone giant Motorola in a case of “substantial industrial theft”.

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Claws out: Monster Energy appeals loss in trade mark dispute with MuscleTech
Appeals 2023-06-20 5:08 pm By Gareth Baker

Monster Energy has lodged a Federal Court appeal after failing to block supplements retailer MuscleTech from registering a new logo that it alleges is similar to its own M claw mark.Ā 

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L’Oreal loses rights to use Elvive trade mark for beauty products
Intellectual Property 2023-06-13 6:00 pm By Gareth Baker

Skincare giant Lā€™Oreal has lost the rights to use a 23-year-old trade mark for branding some of its products, after a competitor successfully campaigned IP Australia to strike it from the register for non-use.Ā 

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Zip wins high-stakes trade mark stoush with Firstmac
Intellectual Property 2023-06-01 11:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co has successfully defended a lawsuit over its use of Firstmac’s ‘Zip’ trade mark and won its bid to have the mortgage providerā€™s mark removed for non-use.

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Dentons adds top barrister to dispute resolution team
People In The News 2023-05-24 3:51 pm By Gareth Baker

Dentons has welcomed former barrister and NSW Industrial Relations commissioner Jane Seymour to its dispute resolution team in Sydney.

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IPH says hacker downloaded data on Spruson & Ferguson clients
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-04-17 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Intellectual property group IPH has revealed that a limited set of data originating from Spruson & Ferguson’s systems, including client information, was downloaded by an unauthorised third party in last month’s cyber attack.

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‘Unjustifiable threats’: TCT Group wins patent revocation, indemnity costs against Polaris
Intellectual Property 2023-04-11 11:54 am By Sam Matthews

TCT Group has won orders revoking two patents for hinges held by Polaris IP as well as indemnity costs, with a judge finding the patentee made ā€œunjustifiableā€ threats of infringement against TCT over its own brand of soft-close glass hinges.

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IPH, Latitude Financial latest victims of cyberattacks
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2023-03-16 9:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IPH Limited, which owns IP firms Spruson & Ferguson and Griffith Hack, and lender Latitude Financial have become the latest victims of cyberattacks, with the latter revealing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of customers has been stolen.

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