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SPC loses appeal of $1.2M judgment over Coca-Cola Amatil deal

Melbourne-based joint venture Shepparton Partners Collective has lost its appeal of a $1.2 million judgment that found it infringed software developer QAD’s copyright by failing to pay a transfer fee to retain the licence after it acquired the iconic SPC Ardmona cannery in Victoria from Coca-Cola Amatil for $40 million.

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Pfizer wins more docs in preliminary discovery saga over Enbrel biosimilar

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

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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In win for Abbey Labs, Elanco’s animal drug patent thrown out for lack of invention

IP Australia has refused to register a patent acquired by Elanco Australasia from Bayer covering a lice treatment, after amendments failed to address findings that the patent lacked an inventive step.

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SPC appeals $1.2M judgment related to $40M Coca-Cola Amatil deal

Melbourne-based joint venture Shepparton Partners Collective has appealed a $1.2 million judgment which found it infringed software developer QAD’s copyright by failing to pay a transfer fee to retain the licence after it acquired the iconic SPC Ardmona cannery in Victoria from Coca-Cola Amatil for $40 million.

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Intellectual property barrister David Larish on building a practice ‘from nothing’

For intellectual property barrister David Larish, one of the most pivotal moments in his career had nothing to do with working on a case.

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Full Court won’t undo injunction barring ‘RestQ’ trade mark use

An appeals court has upheld a ruling which bars use of the RestQ trade mark on sleep products sold by Martin & Pleasance because of a “disturbing” number of similarities with the marketing and appearance of an established competitor’s Rescue natural sleep aid product.

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Lawyerly announces Litigation Rising Stars of 2021

Lawyerly is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural Litigation Rising Stars competition, which honours 30 lawyers under the age of 40 for their work in high-stakes litigation.

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Arnott’s, Goodman Fielder lay down swords in ‘Plantry’ trade mark battle

Arnott’s and Campbells have settled a lawsuit brought by Goodman Fielder accusing them of infringing its ‘Plantry’ mark under which it sells plant-based frozen meals, after the cookie company filed a cross-claim seeking to have the mark cancelled.

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Arnott’s asks court to nuke Goodman Fielder’s ‘Plantry’ frozen foods trade mark

Food giants Arnott’s and Campbells have hit back in an infringement case over their ‘Plantly’ trade mark, filing a cross-claim that seeks to cancel rival Goodman Fielder’s ‘Plantry’ mark.

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