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Bayer tries to revive patent term extension for contraceptive drug
Intellectual Property 2022-03-03 10:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bayer says the patents office was wrong to quash an extension for its patent covering an oral contraceptive on the grounds that its application should have been based on a drug with an earlier approval date.

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MCoBeauty drops ‘2000 hour’ eye makeup brand to settle trade mark suit
Intellectual Property 2022-03-02 12:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Cosmetics company MCoBeauty has reached a settlement with the maker of the popular 1000Hour Lash & Brow Dye kit in a case alleging  “deliberate and flagrant” trade mark and copyright infringement.

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Juno found liable for infringing Pfizer’s Dynastat patent
Intellectual Property 2022-03-01 6:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has found Pfizer’s patent for its post-operative injectable painkiller Dynastat is valid and that Australian drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals infringed the patent by selling generic versions of the drug in Australia.

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Jellycat’s Bashful Bunny plush toy ‘hardly a revolutionary concept’, court told
Intellectual Property 2022-03-01 6:18 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A toy designer that has been sued for allegedly copying the design of toy maker Jellycat’s beloved ‘Bashful Bunny’ has pushed back at a request for discovery concerning its design process, telling the court “a plush toy in the shape of a bunny is hardly a revolutionary concept”.

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$2.5M in damages sought in ‘Love Is In The Air’ copyright suit
Intellectual Property 2022-03-01 4:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

The holder of the licence for ‘Love Is In The Air’ is seeking $2.5 million in damages from Oregon electronic music duo Glass Candy for infringing the copyright for the 1970s disco hit, despite a judge dismissing most claims for damages against the pair.

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Celgene drops patent suit against Dr Reddy’s over Revlimid generic
Intellectual Property 2022-02-25 11:15 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Bristol-Myers Squibb unit Celgene has dropped a lawsuit accusing Indian generics company Dr Reddy’s Laboraties of threatening to infringe its patent for Revlimid with the planned launch of a generic version of the blockbuster cancer drug in Australia.

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Maurice Blackburn ‘more savvy than the rest of us’, judge says in Fearless Girl spat
Intellectual Property 2022-02-22 9:21 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A Full Federal Court judge has questioned whether law firm Maurice Blackburn was “savvy” to the origins of New York’s famous Fearless Girl statue when it launched a copycat marketing campaign in Melbourne’s Federation Square.

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Judge trashes Energy Beverages’ ‘Mother’ trade marks
Intellectual Property 2022-02-22 5:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Energy Beverages, which makes Mother brand energy drinks, has failed to convince a judge that two of its ‘Mother’ trade marks should not be removed for non-use.

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Maurice Blackburn appropriated Fearless Girl statue for ‘gender equality credentials’, court told
Intellectual Property 2022-02-21 9:06 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Law firm Maurice Blackburn deliberately appropriated the iconic Fearless Girl statue in order to promote its own gender equality credentials, the Full Federal Court has heard.

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Aussie fashion designer suing Katy Perry a ‘calculating and dishonest’ witness, court hears
Intellectual Property 2022-02-16 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian fashion designer suing Katy Perry over the rights to use the Katy Perry trade mark in Australia is a “calculating and dishonest witness” whose “utterly dishonest” testimony should not be believed, counsel for the pop star said during closing submissions.

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