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SPC loses appeal of $1.2M judgment over Coca-Cola Amatil deal
Appeals 2021-11-23 9:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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
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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In win for Abbey Labs, Elanco’s animal drug patent thrown out for lack of invention
Agriculture 2021-07-29 10:16 am By Miklos Bolza

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
Appeals 2021-07-19 5:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

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’
David Larish 2021-06-22 9:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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
Amy Campbell 2021-05-28 10:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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
Adero Law 2021-05-28 9:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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
Article 2021-05-26 8:50 am By Cat Fredenburgh

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
David Larish 2021-04-21 3:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

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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