Telecommunications giant Singtel Optus has been barred from promoting various products using the word âboostâ until an intellectual property suit brought by Boost Mobile is resolved.
The reputation of a registered trade mark and its owner is not relevant in assessing the deceptive similarity of a challenged mark, the High Court has found, clarifying the test for infringement under a section of the Trade Marks Act.
Kanye West, now known as Ye, has been ordered to foot the legal bill of a small Melbourne restaurant he sued, after the lawsuit was thrown out due to the artist’s failure to meet a deadline for filing evidence.
A trade mark stoush between the owners of coffee brands Moccona and Vittoria is âall about whether people think a jar means Moccona”, a court has heard.
The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.
California-based fitness company Mad Dogg, which is being sued by Peloton for claiming exclusive rights to the term ‘spinning’, has lost its opposition to fitness personality the HIIT Mum’s trade mark featuring the word âspinâ, which a delegate found was a common description of cycling classes.
A small Melbourne restaurant facing litigation by the US rapper formerly known as Kanye West will seek to have the case dismissed on Friday after the artist failed to meet a deadline for filing evidence.
Boost Mobile has sued telecommunications giant Singtel Optus, alleging it âmisappropriatedâ its goodwill by marketing services under a similar product name after Boost chose to move its mobile network to Telstra.
Casino operator Star Entertainment has settled a lawsuit against Momento Hospitality and CEO Marcello Colosimo over the name of their latest western Sydney pub, registered as The Star Hotel.
Big Six firm King & Wood Mallesons has withdrawn its representation of US rapper Ye in his case against a small Melbourne restaurant after the artist reportedly failed to instruct his lawyers.