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Canva quashes opposition to patent application extension after lawyer mess-up
Cynthia Cochrane 2023-05-01 1:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Graphics design platform Canva has overcome opposition to it being granted further time to apply to patent an invention for generating websites, after IP Australia found its US patent attorneys  made an “error or omission” by failing to track expiration dates for registering the patent.

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No jackpot for Aristocrat, with High Court split on computer-implemented inventions
Appeals 2022-08-17 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies has lost its legal challenge to a decision that rejected a patent for its popular Lightning Link electronic poker machine, after six High Court Justices were equally split on whether it could be patented.

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Orica lights match in fight with Dyno Nobel over explosives patents
Cynthia Cochrane 2022-07-11 7:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Explosives manufacturer Orica is closer to taking Dyno Nobel to court for allegedly infringing three of its explosives patents, filing proceedings to get more information about its rival’s CyberDet wireless detonator device.

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Dyno Nobel feud with Orica over detonation device patents blows up
Cynthia Cochrane 2022-05-16 2:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two of the world’s largest manufacturers of explosives have taken their fight over three patents for a detonation device to the Federal Court.

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Pfizer sues drug companies over Enbrel biosimilar
Ashurst 2022-05-10 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has fired off a lawsuit against four drug companies for allegedly infringing one of its patents for biologic Enbrel by selling a biosimilar of the blockbuster arthritis drug in Australia.

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Fitness chain F45 tries to revive patents for computerised workout system
Appeals 2022-03-16 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews

National fitness chain F45 has appealed a court decision revoking two of its patents for a computer-run trainer workout system, arguing its system constituted a technological innovation in the field of fitness studio franchising which rival Body Fit has profited from.

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Fitness chain F45 loses patents for computer-run workout system
Baker McKenzie 2022-02-15 12:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has revoked two patents held by national fitness chain F45 for a computer-run trainer workout system.

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Pfizer wins more docs in preliminary discovery saga over Enbrel biosimilar
Ashurst 2021-11-18 12:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Five years into a preliminary discovery application for a potential patent infringement lawsuit over a biosimilar of its Enbrel medication, Pfizer has partially succeeded in obtaining further documents from Samsung Bioepis.

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Pfizer, Merck Sharpe & Dohme reach global settlement in vaccine patent battle
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2021-09-24 6:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giants Merck Sharpe & Dohme and Pfizer have resolved a long-running intellectual property dispute over a 2015 patent owned by Pfizer for a pneumococcal vaccine.

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Judge puts sandwiches back on the menu in Sizzler trade mark spat
Cynthia Cochrane 2021-02-10 11:07 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has ordered buffet restaurant pioneer Sizzler to amend its pleadings in a trade mark stoush with Brisbane-based restaurant Burger Urge to bring them in line with a summary judgment application that includes sandwiches among the classes of allegedly infringed goods.

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