The makers of Little Bellies Fruit Puffs have raised concerns budget supermarket chain Aldi could continue to infringe their copyright despite a recent court ruling in their favour.
The Full Court has poured cold water on Vittoria Cantarella’s hopes of reviving its ‘Oro’ trade marks, finding a judge did not err in concluding the marks were already used by another coffee maker.
Cheese company Bega has landed itself in court over concerns Fonterra’s divestment of its Australian dairy business will infringe on a longstanding trade mark licence.
BHP and mining equipment company Epiroc Australia have resolved a lawsuit by Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources over a patent for an autonomous drilling system.
Generic drug maker Sun Pharma has succeeded in invalidating Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s patent for an injectable, controlled release form of the Japanese drug maker’s top-selling antipsychotic Abilify.
The makers of Grand Theft Auto have largely succeeded in a copyright case against the developer behind the “Infamous Mod” — a hack that alters the capabilities of players in the online version of the top-selling game.
The High Court has rejected Aristocrat’s request that it rule again on the patentability of its popular Lightning Link game, after a differently comprised court was split on when computer-implemented inventions can be patented.
Defunct Westpac mortgage broker RAMS has reached a settlement in a trade mark stoush with fund manager Real Asset Management.
Despite failing a second time to make the deadline, Advanta Seeds has won an extension to pay a renewal fee for its patent for a lucrative hybrid canola plant cell.
Online fashion retailer FWRD has lost its challenge to registration of the ‘FFWD’ trade mark by data processing software company Corezero.