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Sportsbet wins anti-suit injunction against US case by sportsbet.com owner
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2023-01-12 11:49 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Sportsbet has won an injunction preventing the owner of the sportsbet.com domain from prosecuting an action in the US, which a judge said sought to interfere with an Australian domain name battle “in the most stark fashion.”

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Freezing order stands in Sportsbet’s domain name spat with owner of sportsbet.com
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2022-11-21 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Bookmaker Sportsbet has defeated a bid to overturn a freezing order against the owner of the sportsbet.com domain name in a trade mark infringement dispute stemming from a promotion agreement.

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Iconic Melbourne music venue loses trade mark appeal
Appeals 2022-09-13 12:51 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The Corner Hotel has lost another bid to cancel a rival club’s ‘jazz corner’ and ‘jazz corner hotel’ trade marks, with a judge finding the marks did not infringe the famed Richmond pub’s ‘corner’ trade marks.

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Maurice Blackburn prevails in State Street appeal over Fearless Girl
Appeals 2022-04-11 4:11 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Maurice Blackburn has successfully defeated an appeal of a judgment that found the law firm did not breach the intellectual property rights of US financial services giant State Street Global Advisors by displaying a replica of the world renowned Fearless Girl statue in Melbourne.

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Maurice Blackburn ‘more savvy than the rest of us’, judge says in Fearless Girl spat
Appeals 2022-02-22 9:21 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

A Full Federal Court judge has questioned whether law firm Maurice Blackburn was “savvy” to the origins of New York’s famous Fearless Girl statue when it launched a copycat marketing campaign in Melbourne’s Federation Square.

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Maurice Blackburn appropriated Fearless Girl statue for ‘gender equality credentials’, court told
Advertising 2022-02-21 9:06 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Law firm Maurice Blackburn deliberately appropriated the iconic Fearless Girl statue in order to promote its own gender equality credentials, the Full Federal Court has heard.

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State Street appeals loss to Maurice Blackburn in Fearless Girl dispute
Appeals 2021-06-28 11:59 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US financial services giant State Street has appealed its loss in a lawsuit brought against Maurice Blackburn over the law firm’s use of a replica of the famous Fearless Girl statue.

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‘So much argued over so little’: Judge rejects law firm’s bid for indemnity costs in Fearless Girl case
Colin Golvan 2021-05-31 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Maurice Blackburn has lost its bid for indemnity costs after defeating a consumer and intellectual property lawsuit brought against it by US financial services giant State Street Global Advisors for displaying a replica of the famous Fearless Girl statue.

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Corner Hotel appeals loss in trade mark fight with jazz club
Appeals 2021-05-07 12:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Corner Hotel is taking another stab at cancelling a rival club’s ‘jazz corner’ and ‘jazz corner hotel trade marks’, after a judge found the marks did not infringe  the famed Richmond pub’s ‘corner’ trade marks.

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The Corner Hotel loses trade mark lawsuit against Birdland-affiliated jazz club
Brand Partners 2021-04-12 5:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by famed Richmond pub The Corner Hotel against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland alleging infringement of its ‘corner’ trade marks.

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