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Kraft can’t sidestep Australian court’s arbitration stay ruling
Intellectual Property 2018-05-04 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has shot down Kraft’s suggestion that his order blocking it from acting further in a US arbitration between it and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights should only pertain to its claims and not Bega’s cross-claim. 

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Branhaven not ready to give up in bovine gene patent battle
Intellectual Property 2018-05-04 10:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Branhaven will seek court approval to amend the bovine gene patent held by it and Cargill, after the Federal Court sided with a challenge by Meat & Livestock Australia and found the patent was invalid.

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Patents for ubiquitous fruit containers are valid, judge rules
Intellectual Property 2018-05-02 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A company that owns two innovation patents covering the ubiquitous produce containers in Australian grocery stores has successfully defended the validity of the inventions against claims they were neither inventive nor new.

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Wheelie bin battle rolls into damages phase
Intellectual Property 2018-05-01 11:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

Wheelie bin maker Mastec Australia needs a broad range of evidence to calculate the damages resulting from the misuse of its bin designs by rival Trident Plastics, a court heard Monday.

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Judge fines software developer $4.3M in copyright battle
Intellectual Property 2018-04-30 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge has ordered software development company Sea-Tech Automation to pay $4.3 million in a copyright case over a computer program for a drink monitoring system.

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Judge invalidates Encompass’ software patents
Intellectual Property 2018-04-27 11:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Financial software company Encompass Corp., which lost its patent infringement case against technology firm InfoTrack, and lost its patents in the process, should pay just 30% of InfoTrack’s costs, the Federal Court has been told.

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Briefly: Carl Zeiss sues over lens patent
Intellectual Property 2018-04-27 10:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

German optical device manufacturer Carl Zeiss has sued C.R. Surfacing Laboratories for allegedly violating one of its lens patents.

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Roadshow wins bid to block piracy sites
Intellectual Property 2018-04-27 9:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has ordered Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to block 16 online sites for pirated content. 

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Kellogg’s ends TM battle with tennis star over Special K mark
Intellectual Property 2018-04-27 9:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Kellogg’s has ended its trade mark case against Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis, which sought to stop Kokkinakis from using his nickname “Special K” as part of a clothing and tennis wear branding campaign.

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Telstra takes license for TiVo IP
Technology 2018-04-26 2:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

TiVo has announced a ten-year licensing deal with Telstra under which Telstra will have access to TiVo’s intellectual property portfolios for devices and applications.

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