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Monster Energy challenges loss of ‘Motherland’ trade mark
Advertising 2021-02-02 2:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Monster Energy, which makes Mother brand energy drinks, has appealed a ruling from IP Australia that granted rival caffeinated beverage maker Vittoria Food & Beverage’s application for the removal of Monster’s ‘Motherland’ trade mark for non-use.

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Loss of the Motherland: IP Australia strips Monster Energy of trade mark for non-use
Angus Lang 2021-01-11 11:23 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The maker of Mother energy drinks has had its Motherland trade mark removed by IP Australia, with a delegate granting a win to rival caffeinated beverage maker Vittoria Food & Beverage in finding that the mark should be removed for non-use.

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J&J units seeks discovery for possible lawsuit over chemotherapy drug
Biopharmalex 2020-12-14 4:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two units of US drug giant Johnson & Johnson have filed a lawsuit seeking preliminary discovery from Juno Pharmaceuticals for a possible patent lawsuit over a popular chemotherapy drug used to treat blood cancer.

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Settlement reached in Illinois Tool Works lawsuit over concrete patent
Davies Collison Cave 2020-12-01 10:16 am By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian concrete product maker has settled a lawsuit brought by US industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works over its patents for precast concrete products.

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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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Merck Sharp & Dohme settles trade mark spat with German drug company
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2020-10-05 12:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme has settled trade mark litigation brought by German drug maker Merck KGaA alleging it violated a 1970 agreement by using the “Merck” mark in Australia.

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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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US industrial giant Illinois Tool Works sues Aussie concrete company for patent infringement
Ben Fitzpatrick 2020-08-27 3:00 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

US industrial equipment manufacturer Illinois Tool Works has launched Federal Court patent infringement proceedings against an Australian producer of precast concrete products.

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Ripple Labs to rebrand in face of PayID trade mark lawsuit
Clayton Utz 2020-08-26 4:40 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

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.

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Owner of PayID trade mark sues cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs
Clayton Utz 2020-08-25 6:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

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.

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