The judge overseeing the lawsuit between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has denied a request by non-party Mondelez to implement a restrictive regime to protect its trade secrets in certain transaction documents it has produced in the case.
IP Australia has revoked four innovation gaming patents held by Aristocrat Technologies related to the use of configurable symbols in a game, saying the inventions didn’t amount to anything other than games and game rules.
Google has lost a bid for a patent for a mobile payment system, with an examiner for IP Australia calling the proposed patent a business rather than technical innovation.
The Corner Hotel in Melbourne is suing McDonald’s, claiming a new hipster cafe that serves as a testing lab for the fast food giant violates its trade mark.
Media monitoring company Streem has been granted interim relief in its dispute with the Copyright Agency Limited over the terms of an agreement to sublicence news content from leading publishers, including News Corp, Fairfax Media, and Bauer Media.
Fitbit has resolved a trade mark case brought against the convenience store owned by billionaire Yasser Shahin over his company’s “Footbit” and “Headbit” trade marks.
The maker of V Energy drinks has lost a fight to trademark the shade of green used on its cans and labels, with a judge agreeing with rival Coca-Cola that the colour was descriptive, not distinctive.
Toy giant Mattel is fighting back against claims that its Mecard toys violate Canadian toy company Spin Master’s patent for a toy transformation mechanism, claiming transformable toys are nothing new and that Spin Masters’ patent is invalid.
Liquor distributor D’Aquino Bros has been taken to court again, accused for the fourth time of “flagrant” trade mark infringement for continuing to sell products under the name, Scotch Whisky.
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has found bookmaker CrownBet was the “controlling mind” behind the cybersquatting of four domains that allegedly violated rival Betstar’s trade marks.