Kraft Foods can amend its patent application for a chocolate that doesn’t melt in the summer months, after a delegate found many of the claims of the patent lacked clarity and support.
A popular Australian designer of neoprene athleisure handbags has won an injunction barring a retail site from selling bags that copy the design of its trendy totes.
Italian coffee manufacturer Lavazza has hit back against an infringement case brought by Australian rival Vittoria over two Oro trade marks, saying Vittoria’s rights over the marks should be revoked and claiming four decades of prior continuous use of its own unregistered mark.
Gaming and entertainment giant Konami has lost a bid to amend its defence in a patent case by rival Aristocrat Technologies on the second day of a damages hearing, with the judge finding the changes were contrary to the interests of justice and would require postponing the trial until late next year.
The a2 Milk Company has come up short again in opposing a competitor’s bid to register a trade mark containing “a2”, with a delegate finding the reputation of its goods does not lie in the descriptive term a2 alone.
Kmart has defeated claims by a streetwear company that the retail giant infringed the copyright for its cargo pants and shorts designs.
Two patent attorneys being sued by boutique IP firm Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys are resisting an application for preliminary discovery, denying the firm’s claim that they misused confidential information to poach clients.
Aristocrat Technology has gone “too far” in seeking full profits from the sale of Konami Australia’s infringing pokie machines, with Konami arguing the court should calculate damages in relation to what proportion of its machines were created using components that infringe the gaming giant’s patent.
US asset management firm State Street has dropped its trade mark claims against a second superannuation fund over its iconic Fearless Girl statue, leaving law firm Maurice Blackburn as the lone defendant as a November trial date approaches.
Motorola has slammed competitor Hytera for its âspectacularly poorâ handling of expert evidence in a high stakes intellectual property dispute between the two tech giants, arguing the pre-trial timetable should not be upended on account of the Chinese radio makerâs âpig-headedâ insistence on using unavailable witnesses.