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LG loses challenge to Samsung QLED trade mark
Ashurst 2020-07-08 6:36 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

LG Electronics has lost its opposition to Samsung Electronic’s registration for its ‘Samsung QLED’ trade mark despite IP Australia acknowledging that Samsung’s phones did not contain QLED technology.

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Broadcaster skewered in battle of the ‘Iron Chef’ trade marks
Entertainment 2020-07-06 5:02 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The television broadcaster behind the cult cooking show Iron Chef has lost its opposition to an ‘Iron Chef’ trade mark application by an Aussie food delivery app developer, despite IP Australia finding the show had garnered a “moderate reputation” among Australian viewers.

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‘Disruptive and unsatisfactory’: Hytera slammed for late stage bid to adjourn copyright trial
Angus Lang 2020-07-03 3:35 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Motorola has slammed Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera’s “disruptive and unsatisfactory” request to adjourn a highly anticipated copyright trial over the alleged theft of source code which is due to begin in three weeks.

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Telstra must give Siemens identity details of potential copyright infringers
Harris & Company 2020-06-30 8:39 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

Telstra has been ordered to provide technology company Siemens Industry Software with all documents relating to the identity of account holders who may have infringed Siemens’ copyright.

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Google to pay publishers for news content
ACCC 2020-06-25 10:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Google has reached agreements with publishers in three countries to pay for news, as the ACCC works out the details of a mandatory code under which the search giant and Facebook would be forced to pay publishers for news.

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GetSwift drafted correction to misleading ASX announcement, never released it, director says
Alan Shearer 2020-06-23 8:55 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former director of GetSwift has given evidence at trial in ASIC’s case against the logistics provider that the company drafted a correction to a misleading ASX announcement about a deal with fruit and milk delivery provider Fruit Box but never released it.

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Trial judge urges common sense in ASIC case against GetSwift
Alan Shearer 2020-06-22 4:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has dismissed a defensive bid by ASIC to amend its case against GetSwift mid-trial, instead calling on “common sense” to be injected into the proceeding as the hearing enters its second week.

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GetSwift leaked $138M deal to the press ahead of ASX announcement, ASIC says
Alan Shearer 2020-06-16 7:26 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

GetSwift “sat on” an announcement about a lucrative deal with US-based automotive sales and marketing firm N.A. Williams for more than three weeks, then leaked the news to the media before announcing it on the Australian Stock Exchange, ASIC has told the Federal Court on day two of a trial in the corporate regulator’s case against the logistics tech company.

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‘These results are not accidental’: GetSwift saw ASX as ‘cheap way’ to boost share price, ASIC says
Alan Shearer 2020-06-15 6:49 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Émails show the directors of logistics company GetSwift took a “deliberate approach” to inflating the company’s share price through a constant supply of positive ASX announcements about new multimillion-dollar contracts, ASIC said on the first day of a highly anticipated five-week trial.

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Litigation funder wins access to docs in parking patent dispute against City of Melbourne
Andrew McRobert 2020-06-12 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The funder backing a patent lawsuit by tech firm Vehicle Management Systems over an invention used by the City of Melbourne to time parked vehicles has been granted extended access to discovered documents in the proceedings.

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