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Electronics giant Uniden faces court fight over design of latest radio
Angus Lang 2022-03-17 4:26 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Japan’s Uniden has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit by Australia’s only CB radio manufacturer, which alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communications giant of two new products amounts to infringement of its design patent.

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Minetek can’t inspect USB devices for potential lawsuit against ex-employee, court rules
Bird & Bird 2021-07-22 10:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Global mine technology company Minetek has lost its bid to access USB devices held by equipment manufacturer Howden’s solicitors for use in a potential lawsuit against a former employee who it says may have unlawfully used confidential company information.

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Minetek wants lawyers to hand over USB devices as its mulls lawsuit against ex-employee
Bird & Bird 2021-07-15 6:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Global mine technology company Minetek is considering a lawsuit against a former employee who may have unlawfully used confidential company information, a court has heard.

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Greenpeace wins IP stoush with AGL over ‘satirical’ campaign
Ashurst 2021-06-08 9:52 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has thrown out trade mark infringement claims brought by AGL against Greenpeace for using the energy company’s logo in a public campaign labelling it “Australia’s biggest climate polluter”.

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CoreLogic hit with copyright lawsuit over data scraping
Construction 2021-04-06 5:53 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Building and construction information service provider BCI Media is suing CoreLogic, accusing the property data analytics company of unauthorised access and scraping confidential information from its copyright-protected leads platform.

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High Court to weigh in on $26.3M Lexapro patent judgment
Angus Lang 2021-02-11 10:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The High Court will decide whether the Full Court was wrong to overturn a $26.3 million judgment for Danish drug maker H Lundbeck in its long-running patent battle with generic drug maker Sandoz over the patent for blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro.

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The top litigation law firms of 2020
Allens 2021-01-27 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Lawyerly’s Litigation Firms of 2020 delivered significant victories for clients last year in bet-the-company matters, thriving in a tumultuous year that saw courts and litigants adapt to virtual trials and other new norms that are sure to outlast the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Advanta patent lapses after renewal correspondence sent to departed employees
Agriculture 2020-11-25 4:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Advanta Seeds has been denied more time to pay renewal fees for its patent for a hybrid plant cell after correspondence from its lawyers about the renewal was sent to employees that had left the company and the patent renewal fell through the cracks during a 2016 systems upgrade.

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CoreLogic must hand over documents for potential data scraping copyright case
Construction 2020-10-26 6:50 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Construction information service provider BCI Media Group has won its bid for preliminary discovery against property data analytics firm CoreLogic Australia, which is suspected of breaching copyright by gaining unauthorised access to BCI’s subscription platforms and data scraping for leads.

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‘That rare bird, the smoking gun’: Judge orders Minetek employee’s laptop searched for confidential info
Bird & Bird 2020-10-06 2:07 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Engineering company Howden Australia can view the laptop and other electronic devices of an employee accused of stealing confidential information, after a judge found there was evidence suggesting the worker had not been “entirely truthful” with the court.

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