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Metricon ordered to identify allegedly infringed home designs
Home builder Metricon has been ordered to identify the specific drawings it alleges a Queensland builder copied, in proceedings alleging copyright infringement of two of its home designs.
Delegate orders removal of Wolfgang Puck’s ‘Spago’ trade mark
A delegate has ordered the removal of American chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck’s ‘Spago’ trade mark, upholding a challenge by a Sydney-based Italian restaurant with the same name.
IP Australia shoots down Kyro Card’s payment processing patent
In the latest ruling on computer-implemented inventions, an IP Australia delegate has shot down fintech Kyro Card's bid to patent a payment system for offering rewards to shoppers, finding the invention was a business scheme implemented on a computer and not a manner of manufacture.
Software firm loses fight against ‘Lawsage’ TM for AI legal platform
Business management software company Sage Global has lost its challenge to registration of 'LawSage' as a trade mark for an AI-powered legal research and analysis platform. 
IMB Bank to bring limitations defence to fintech’s copyright suit
IMB Bank will argue that a fintech's claims that the mutual bank breached its copyright by reverse engineering its customer relations management software is statute-barred, a court has heard.
Audax Biosciences signs $2B deal with Astellas for cancer treatment
Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma has signed a deal worth up to $2 billion with Melbourne-based start-up Audax Biosciences to secure future rights to develop and commercialise its new cancer treatment.
ABC flags concerns about Bluey use in One Nation videos
The ABC has raised concerns about the use of children’s character Bluey in One Nation’s political cartoons, telling Senate estimates it was seeking legal advice on the matter.
UNSW academics propose copyright framework for AI
UNSW Sydney academics have proposed a new framework under which AI companies would be required to disclose the sources used to train their models, compensate creators and remove unauthorised AI-generated content.
Work Hytera saved by copying Motorola code supports infringement finding: court
The Full Federal Court has published its reasons for finding Hytera copied a substantial part of Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios, saying the 15 months of labour the China-based company saved from the copying reinforced its conclusion. 
Actelion files fourth patent case over blood pressure drug
Swiss pharmaceutical company Actelion has brought a fourth patent infringement case over plans to launch a generic version of its blood pressure drug in Australia -- against Lupin unit Generic Health -- after firing off cases against three other drug makers.