Merck Sharp & Dohme has claimed ownership of a Pfizer patent related to the blockbuster Prevnar 13 vaccine, after a doctor who moved between the pharmaceutical companies and is listed as an author on the patent allegedly accessed confidential Merck documents before jumping ship to Pfizer.
Printer giant Seiko Epson has won its cross-appeal against cartridge reseller Calidad in a Full Federal Court decision that further clarifies the extent to which patentees can prevent those acquiring a patent’s title from repurposing or manipulating the original product.
The Copyright Tribunal erred by including rights in a reissued Foxtel licence agreement that fell outside the authority of the licence grant holder, the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia, the Full Federal Court has found.
TV giant Foxtel wants another shot at opposing a trade mark by telco China Unicom, after a judge let stand an IP Australia decision refusing to revoke the trade mark when law firm Allens missed a deadline for opposing the mark.
Technology consulting group Infosys must hand over more documents — including source code — to Qudos as the mutual bank considers a possible copyright infringement and breach of contract case in the wake of a soured deal to help overhaul its online banking platform.
A former employment law partner at a national Australian law firm is suing her former employer for sex discrimination, after her original complaint was thrown out by the Human Rights Commission.
Bauer Consumer Media has won a five-year legal battle over Evergreen Television’s Discover Downunder trade mark, with the Full Federal Court setting aside a prior IP Australia decision and deregistering the mark.
Pay TV giant Foxtel has lost an appeal of an IP Australia decision refusing to revoke a trade mark by telco China Unicom after a failure of the trade mark office’s online filing system meant its law firm, Allens, missed the deadline for opposing the mark.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed appeals by both parties to a ruling that dismissed allegations of infringement of a patent for an industrial machine safety system that uses laser fields to detect hazards.
Ticket reseller Viagogo will face penalties after the court found it duped customers into thinking it was an official ticket vendor and failed to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent, causing some customers to pay hundreds of dollars more than what their tickets were actually worth.