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Parking detection patents infringed by SARB’s Pinforce sensors, judge finds
Andrew McClelland 2023-06-26 12:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Tech company Vehicle Management Systems has won a long-running patent infringement dispute with rival SARB over a sensor-based system the City of Melbourne uses for timing parked vehicles. 

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Facebook ad shows use of ‘Motherland’ trade mark, High Court told
Appeals 2023-04-24 10:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has been asked to weigh in on whether online ads targeting Australian consumers can be the basis for a trade mark registration, in a long-running intellectual property spat between the maker of Mother Energy drinks and Vittoria Coffee over their respective ‘mother’ marks.

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Full Court parks opposition to patent for detecting parking overstays
Adrian Ryan 2021-12-09 12:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

Tech company Vehicle Management Systems has come up short in its third attempt to block competitor SARB Management Group’s patent application for a magnetic parking overstay detector, with the Full Court rejecting claims that VMS’ managing director should have been listed as the device’s inventor.

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Tech company Sarb can amend case over Melbourne parking detector patent
Clare Cunliffe 2021-01-21 1:34 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Data technology company Sarb Management Group has been granted leave to amend its patent infringement cross claim against Vehicle Monitoring Systems in a lawsuit over Melbourne parking detectors, claiming VMS’ patents for the device should be revoked because one of its key inventors’ contribution is not recognised.

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Judge recuses himself from patent spat over Melbourne parking detector
Automotive 2020-08-27 5:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

A  judge has stepped aside from a patent lawsuit brought by tech firm Vehicle Monitoring Systems over a parking system used by the City of Melbourne after finding there may be a “genuine perception” that he could not approach the case with an open mind.

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Decade-long dispute over vehicle parking monitoring patent rolls on
Adrian Ryan 2020-07-09 7:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Vehicle Management Systems will take another crack at opposing a patent application by rival SARB Management Group for an integrated magnetic parking overstay detector.

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Court tosses opposition to SARB patent application for parking overstay detector
Adrian Ryan 2020-03-30 5:22 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has dismissed an opposition by tech company Vehicle Management Systems to a patent application by rival SARB Management Group for an integrated magnetic parking overstay detector.

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