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Tribute burger ‘Sizzler’ comes under fire from restaurant giant
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-06-22 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Casual dining pioneer Sizzler has served up a trade mark lawsuit over an eponymous burger sold by a Brisbane-based burger chain and marketed as an “ode to the cultural icon”.

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The write way to success: Barristers’ top tips for winning written submissions
Business of Law 2020-05-26 2:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

With COVID-19 forcing courts to deal with more matters on the papers, written submissions are more important than ever and must be carefully crafted to assist the court while offering clients the best chance of success, barristers told Lawyerly.

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High Court to weigh in on patent exhaustion in Seiko ink cartridge spat
Allens 2020-01-08 5:08 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The High Court has granted special leave to cartridge reseller Calidad after the company lost an intellectual property dispute with printer giant Seiko Epson and was hit with a general injunction barring it from further patent infringement.

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Encompass patents don’t pass muster with IP Australia, despite amendment
Angus Lang 2019-11-04 5:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

IP Australia has found two Encompass innovation patents that were at the centre of a highly anticipated Full Federal Court ruling on the patentability of computer software do not describe a manner of manufacture, despite an amendment from the financial software company.

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Wyeth loses privilege claim over Allens docs in Merck’s vaccine patent case
Allens 2019-10-01 3:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Wyeth has lost a bid to claim legal professional privilege over certain documents sought by Merck Sharp & Dohme as the two rivals head towards a hearing for the reopening of the Prevnar 13 patent case.

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Seiko wins general injunction against Calidad in ink cartridge patent case
Allens 2019-09-27 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Imposing an injunction in general form against a patent infringer is not an undue burden in and of itself, the Full Federal Court has ruled in siding with printer giant Seiko Epson in its ongoing intellectual property fight with cartridge reseller Calidad.

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Dyno Nobel, Orica settle case over rock blasting method patent
Bruce Caine 2019-09-25 2:58 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Explosives maker Dyno Nobel has reached a mid-trial settlement in its case against its major rival, Orica, over a patent for a method for blasting rock at open cut mines.

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Full Federal Court declines to clarify standard for patentability of computer-implemented inventions
Angus Lang 2019-09-13 10:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A five-judge panel of the Full Federal Court has found two innovation patents by financial software company Encompass Corp. are not a manner of manufacture, but held back on providing more clarity on the test for the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

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Merck wins docs from Wyeth ahead of hearing on reopening Prevnar 13 trial
Allens 2019-08-30 10:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Merck Sharp & Dohme has emerged victorious in a battle over documents with Wyeth, as the parties gear up for a hearing on Wyeth’s request to reopen a trial over three patents for its Prevnar 13 pneumococcal vaccine.

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Pfizer may seek stay of Merck vaccine patent case
Allens 2019-08-21 3:53 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Global pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is mulling an application to stay a lawsuit by Merck Sharp & Dohme seeking to invalidate a patent related to the blockbuster Prevnar 13 vaccine as it awaits the outcome of similar proceedings in the US.

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