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Pakistan to oppose India’s latest bid for ‘Basmati’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-09-03 11:42 pm By Andy Sidler

The Pakistani government’s opposition to India’s attempt to register a composite ‘Basmati’ trade mark will go on despite filing delays, with a delegate finding it was in the public interest to allow the opposition.

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IP network startup wins injunction against employee who joined rival
Employment 2024-09-03 4:23 pm By Andy Sidler

A former employee of internet service provider Broadband Solutions has been slapped with an injunction restraining his use of company materials and engagement with competitors, with a judge finding it is likely he breached confidentiality clauses.

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Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm did not use ā€˜Wollemiā€™ trade marks, court told
Intellectual Property 2024-09-02 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews

CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi says that Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm did not use ā€˜Wollemiā€™ and ā€˜Wollemi Capitalā€™ as trade marks ā€œat any point in timeā€, as it seeks to defeat Denholmā€™s appeal of a decision which rejected her family officeā€™s opposition to registration of the marks.

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Austin Engineering to expand case against rival in spat over employee who jumped ship
Intellectual Property 2024-09-02 11:35 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found ASX-traded mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering can use documents disclosed in its case against rival Schlam over a former employee’s alleged leak of confidential business information to expand its claims.

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Aristocrat gets another shot at Lightning Link patent after novel split High Court decision
Intellectual Property 2024-08-30 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed Aristocrat to appeal a judge’s rejection of its application to patent its Lightning Link poker machine, citing novel questions raised by an equally split High Court decision about the patentability of its invention.

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United Petroleum behind ‘misleading’ underpayments campaign against On The Run, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-21 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Convenience store chain On the Run is mulling proceedings against United Petroleum, which allegedly paid $120,000 to a public relations firm to run a ā€œmisleadingā€ ad campaign accusing it of wage theft.Ā 

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High Court asked to clarify importance of disclosure in patent applications
Intellectual Property 2024-08-21 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has been asked to weigh in on whether the Federal Courtā€™s prevailing approach to the disclosure requirements of the Patents Act ā€œimposes too great a burden” on patent applicants.

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Fortescue denies IP head told Element Zero founder to delete documents
Intellectual Property 2024-08-20 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

Fortescue has rejected Element Zeroā€™s ā€œimplausibleā€ claims that the start-up’s founder was instructed by the mining giant’s IP manager to access and delete certain documents after his resignation, as it defends allegations that search orders it won over the alleged misappropriation of its confidential information were based on weak evidence.

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Visa’s payment token invention not patentable, delegate finds
Intellectual Property 2024-08-20 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

The patent office has rejected Visa’s application to patent a token system for securing customer data, finding the process did not address a technical problem or provide a technical solution.

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‘Industrial scale forensic debacle’: Element Zero blasts Fortescue search orders
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-19 10:06 pm By Sam Matthews

Start-up Element Zero has attacked search orders won by Fortescue over the alleged misappropriation of the mining company’s confidential information by three former employees, calling the orders an ā€œindustrial scale forensic debacleā€ won on weak evidence and the failure to disclose material information.

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