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Ripple blocked from advertising to Australians in PayID trade mark dispute
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.
Ripple Labs to rebrand in face of PayID trade mark lawsuit
US blockchain technology firm Ripple Labs has said that it will rebrand and block access to allegedly infringing websites as it seeks to rapidly resolve an intellectual property dispute launched over the PayID trade mark.
Owner of PayID trade mark sues cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs
The company behind the ubiquitous mobile banking PayID system has filed Federal Court trade mark proceedings against a US blockchain technology firm over its global real-time payment service.
Procter & Gamble drops spat with Colgate-Palmolive over whitening toothpaste ads
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has dropped a lawsuit accusing competitor Colgate-Palmolive of breaching consumer laws by making false claims about the performance of its whitening toothpaste that threatened to push its own brand of whitener off the shelves.
Tile maker Ceramiche wins trade mark fight with Caesarstone after ‘honest use’ ruling
Tile maker Ceramiche Caesar has prevailed in its challenge to a judge's ruling allowing building products manufacturer Caesarstone to register two trade marks despite a finding that they were deceptively similar to one of its marks.
IP Australia appeals loss in Aristocrat gaming methods patent case
IP Australia has appealed a judge's decision to allow four Aristocrat gaming patents to proceed to grant, hoping for another victory after winning two high stakes challenges to software patents before the Full Federal Court.
P&G says stores will stop stocking its whitening toothpaste if Colgate case isn’t fast tracked
Personal care giant Procter & Gamble has told a court that some of its Oral B teeth whitening products may be taken off retailer’s shelves if its lawsuit, which alleges competitor Colgate-Palmolive made misleading claims that its whitening toothpaste can remove 10 years of stains, is not expedited.
Aristocrat overdid it with expert evidence in patent case, court says
A judge has trimmed the costs the Commissioner of Patents owes Aristocrat Technologies after the gaming giant successfully appealed a ruling rejecting four of its gaming patents, saying Aristocrat had "over-egged the pudding" by submitting evidence from three experts on the patentability of its inventions.
Telstra must give Siemens identity details of potential copyright infringers
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.
Sequenom’s ‘incorporeal’ prenatal genetic test unpatentable, Ariosa tells Full Court
Ariosa Diagnostics is fighting to revoke a patent for noninvasive prenatal test owned by Sequenom, arguing it merely describes how to extract "incorporeal" genetic information that is naturally found within the DNA of an unborn foetus.