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Court grants Wyeth injunction in Prevnar 13 patent dispute
Allens 2020-12-03 4:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has enjoined Merck Sharpe and Dohme from launching its 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine after finding it would infringe claims of a Wyeth patent for its Prevnar 13 vaccine, despite MSD’s argument that barring it from launching the vaccine would be contrary to the public interest.

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In loss for Seiko, High Court adopts patent exhaustion doctrine
Appeals 2020-11-12 1:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The High Court has ruled that a patentee’s rights to control what can be done with a patented product after it is sold are “exhausted” upon sale.

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High Court set to rule on patent exhaustion in ink cartridge case
Allens 2020-11-11 2:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The High Court will hand down its highly anticipated decision in a patent dispute between printer giant Seiko Epson and ink cartridge reseller Calidad on Thursday, a ruling expected to provide clarity on the the rights of businesses to modify patented goods.

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Uber’s in-house lawyers must hand over emails in taxi driver class action
Alexia Staker 2020-11-04 6:13 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Rideshare giant Uber Technologies has lost a bid to keep its in-house legal team from handing over emails to a class action brought by Australian taxi drivers as well as the company behind the GoCatch taxi app.

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Ripple Labs denies PayID is deceptively similar to trade mark of Aussie mobile banking system
Clayton Utz 2020-10-26 12:15 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

US cryptocurrency maker Ripple Labs has hit back at an intellectual property lawsuit brought by the Australian company behind the ubiquitous PayID mobile banking system, saying its PayID trade mark is neither substantially identical nor deceptively similar to the Aussie mark.

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Judges unclear about Johnson & Johnson unit’s arguments in pelvic mesh appeal
Appeals 2020-10-23 2:57 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge due to hear a high profile appeal by Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon has expressed confusion about the grounds on which the medical device maker is challenging a landmark judgment putting it on the hook for potentially hundreds of million of dollars in damages over faulty pelvic mesh implants.

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Litigation funder a ‘stranger’ in S&P class action, not entitled to docs, judge says
Banton Group 2020-10-16 12:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The litigation funder embroiled in a contractual dispute with a lead applicant in a class action against S&P Global is a stranger to the proceeding and has no right to demand to be served an application to pause the case pending the outcome of the contract spat, a judge has said.

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Court issues mixed ruling in Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer vaccine patent battle
Allens 2020-10-15 4:47 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Pharmaceutical rivals Merck Sharp & Dohme and Pfizer have both suffered a blow in their efforts to patent a better pneumococcal vaccine, with a judge upholding both infringement and invalidity claims in the long-running case over the blockbuster Prevnar 13 vaccine.

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Ripple blocked from advertising to Australians in PayID trade mark dispute
Clayton Utz 2020-08-28 12:01 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has issued an order restraining US blockchain company Ripple Labs from advertising its PayID system to Aussies, two days after the company agreed to geoblock its website within Australia.

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

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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