Aristocrat has fended off the Commissioner of Patents’ challenge to a finding that its Lightning Link poker machine is capable of being patented, with the High Court declining to weigh in on the patent for a second time.
Danish company Vestesen Hybrid Energy has taken Zenith Energy to court for allegedly infringing its patented system for operating an electrical grid where energy is generated by a fluctuating renewable energy source.
A judge has rejected Apple’s bid for $1 million in security for costs for a patent-holding company’s appeal in its failed IP case over the tech company’s Touch ID and Face ID technology.
Australian e-gift card company Prezzee has succeeded in blocking New Zealand-based Epay from selling its Giftzzy voucher cards featuring the words ‘powered by Prezzy’ in Australian stores, for now.
Apple has succeeded in registering its designs for a battery and virtual reality headset cushion, with an IP Australia delegate finding the designs are new and distinctive.
Real estate data company BCI and US analytics firm CoreLogic are fighting over expert evidence in a novel IP case over alleged data scraping, with CoreLogic saying a report by BCI’s accountant makes changes to its case two months out from trial.
In BCI’s data-scraping case against CoreLogic, which is set down for trial in April, a judge has thrown out a strike-out application she said was brought five months too late.
Baker McKenzie’s IP litigation practice has received a shot in the arm, with the firm nabbing a partner from Clayton Utz who has several successful trips to the High Court under his belt, along with two members of his team.
V2food, the CSIRO-backed start-up behind Hungry Jack’s plant-based ‘Rebel Whopper’, has lost its bid to patent a product that changes colour when cooked in order to imitate the “meat experience”.
AstraZeneca has sued Pharmacor over its plans to list a generic version of blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga on the PBS, but the drug maker will have to defend the validity of the patent, which was struck down by a UK court last year.