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Advanta patent lapses after renewal correspondence sent to departed employees
Intellectual Property 2020-11-25 4:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Advanta Seeds has been denied more time to pay renewal fees for its patent for a hybrid plant cell after correspondence from its lawyers about the renewal was sent to employees that had left the company and the patent renewal fell through the cracks during a 2016 systems upgrade.

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High Court won’t hear Kraft, Bega peanut butter trade dress dispute
Appeals 2020-11-13 4:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court won’t wade into Kraft-Heinz’s intellectual property dispute with Bega after the US food giant came up short twice its battle over the right to use its peanut butter trade dress in Australia.

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Hungry Jack’s stands by ’25 per cent more beef’ claim in McDonald’s burger battle
Intellectual Property 2020-10-27 7:25 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Hungry Jack’s is doubling down on its claim that its ‘Big Jack’ burger has 25 per cent more beef than rival McDonald’s ‘Big Mac’, denying the US fast food company’s allegation that its beefier burger brag, made in a recent cheeky television ad, is misleading and deceptive.

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Boehringer appeals win for Merck in parasite patent spat
Intellectual Property 2020-10-13 12:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim will take another crack at opposing a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary of competitor Merck Sharp & Dohme.

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Delegate deflates Ann Taylor’s opposition to Nike’s ‘Aeroloft’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2020-10-12 1:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

US women’s clothing retailer Ann Taylor has come up short in its opposition to Nike’s bid to register the ‘Aeoroloft’ mark for its brand of lightweight fitness apparel, with an IP Australia finding the mark is not deceptively similar to Ann Taylor’s ‘Loft’ mark.

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‘Battle of the burgers’: McDonald’s fires up claim over cheeky Hungry Jack’s ad
Intellectual Property 2020-10-02 11:18 am By Miklos Bolza

Fast food giant McDonald’s will expand its lawsuit against rival Hungry Jack’s to bring a misleading and deceptive conduct allegation over an ad that claims the Big Jack burger is “clearly bigger” than the Big Mac.

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What’s the big deal? Hungry Jack’s stands by ‘Big Jack’ burger in face of McDonald’s suit
Intellectual Property 2020-09-25 9:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hungry Jack’s is defending its ‘Big Jack’ against trade mark infringement claims by rival fast-food chain McDonald’s, saying the burger’s moniker incorporates its founder’s name with nothing more than a descriptive word for its large size that is “commonly” used by other fast-food restaurants.

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Judge shuts down Boehringer challenge to Merck Sharp & Dohme parasite patent
Intellectual Property 2020-09-24 1:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has failed in its Federal Court challenge to a patent application for an injectable anti-parasite drug for livestock by a subsidiary of competitor Merck Sharp & Dohme.

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‘Some American burger’: Hungry Jack’s ad pokes fun at McDonald’s trade mark lawsuit
Intellectual Property 2020-09-11 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hungry Jack’s has released a new television ad poking fun at McDonald’s lawsuit alleging its new ‘Big Jack’ burger violates the US fast food giant’s intellectual property for its classic ‘Big Mac’, referred to in the ad as “some American burger”.

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Hungry Jack’s ‘bemused’ by McDonald’s trade mark lawsuit
Intellectual Property 2020-09-07 12:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hungry Jack’s has struck back at allegations that it deliberately copied the look of McDonald’s classic ‘Big Mac’ with its new ‘Big Jack’ burger, saying customers would not confuse the burgers.

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