Indian drug maker Cipla has lost a challenge to the extension of Novo Nordisk’s patent for Victoza, with a judge rejecting an argument that extensions can be granted only for active ingredients.
The High Court has settled a 16-year battle between the federal government and Sanofi over alleged excess subsidies it paid after a judge blocked the release of a generic version of blood thinner Plavix, saying its job was not to “resurrect” a dead case.
UK currency exchange Wise has lost its challenge to a crypto asset management firm’s ‘Bitwise’ trade mark, with IP Australia finding it could not monopolise the word ‘wise’.
Crocs unit Jibbitz has sued an Australian company that has allegedly been selling knock-off versions of its shoe accessories, claiming damages for patent infringement.
An appeal by a family-owned Adelaide deli in a trade mark fight with an Italian food hall in Melbourne has fallen flat.
Online retailer The Iconic has taken Chinese fast fashion giant Shein to court for allegedly infringing the trade mark for its ‘Dazie’ brand with the company’s ‘Dazy’ clothing line.
Home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table has asked the High Court to reverse a Full Court judgment that found retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
Australian fintech start-up Chippit Financial has defeated PayPal’s challenge to its bid to register ‘PayPool’ as a trade mark for a new lending product.
Thomson Geer has nabbed top intellectual property and technology lawyer Hayden Delaney and his Queensland- based team from HopgoodGanim.
Element Zero has denied claims that three former Fortescue employees, including one executive, misused confidential information and developed a green iron process on the company dime.