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Destec goes for the kill in trade secrets fight with MinRes
Intellectual Property 2025-07-08 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Engineering firm Destec has asked the court to finally knock out Mineral Resources’ claim over alleged theft of trade secrets for a modular crushing plant.

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Judge vacates trial date in data scraping case against CoreLogic
Intellectual Property 2025-07-04 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial date in a data scraping case against US-based CoreLogic to allow the analytics company more time to respond to a “weighty” report by a forensic accountant.

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Katy Perry says Full Court got it right in trade mark spat with designer
Intellectual Property 2025-07-02 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Singer Katy Perry has asked the High Court to uphold the Full Court’s decision to knock out the ‘Katie Perry’ mark of an Australian fashion designer, as it gears up to hear an appeal raising issues about the construction of key provisions of the Trade Marks Act.

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Regeneron sues Sandoz over Eylea biosimilar
Intellectual Property 2025-07-02 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

US biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has sued Sandoz, claiming it is threatening to infringe the patent for its Eylea biologic, used to treat macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema.

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On Cloud continues fight against Cyclonic trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-06-26 11:12 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Popular Swiss sports shoe maker On Clouds has filed proceedings in the Federal Court after its opposition to the registration of sustainable footwear brand Cyclonic’s trade mark failed.

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Bickford’s looks to protect ‘Spritz’ trade mark from cancellation
Intellectual Property 2025-06-25 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has consolidated two cases in the Federal Court in which beverage maker Bickford’s is defending its ‘Spritz’ trade mark against bids for cancellation.

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Zip wants High Court to resolve honest use split in trade mark rulings
Intellectual Property 2025-06-24 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Zip Co wants the High Court to weigh in on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark infringement cases, pointing to a “glaring inconsistency” between two recent rulings.

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With its ‘significant’ reputation, IMDb wins challenge to Zumedia trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-06-24 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Movie database giant IMDb has won a stoush with media company Zumedia, with IP Australia finding Zumedia’s ‘DMDb’ trade mark was likely to cause confusion.

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Light & Wonder says Aristocrat’s Dragon Link info not trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2025-06-20 2:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Gaming company Light & Wonder has hit back at Aristocrat’s intellectual property case, arguing that allegedly confidential information about the popular Dragon Link poker game was not trade secrets. 

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Element Zero to fight Fortescue’s bid for 9M docs seized under search order
Intellectual Property 2025-06-19 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Green iron start-up Element Zero has said it will fight Fortescue’s bid to access nearly nine million documents collected under a controversial search order in the mining giant’s case alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron. 

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