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Food delivery startup loses bid to patent ordering method
Intellectual Property 2018-06-20 5:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A startup that provides company-branded mobile ordering services for the hospitality industry has lost a bid to patent a method for placing orders at a restaurant.

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Rio Tinto wins ok for mining patent on appeal
Allens 2018-06-20 11:32 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources has won its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that rejected its mining patent after a challenge by the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation.

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Domino’s can’t raise Uber patent in battle over GPS tracking
Allens 2018-06-19 10:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has served up a loss for Domino’s Pizza in its ongoing IP battle with Australian tech startup Precision Tracking, dismissing the company’s bid to bolster its case with an Uber patent. 

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ISPs ordered to block 28 piracy sites, in win for Foxtel
Intellectual Property 2018-06-19 6:00 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Court on Tuesday ordered internet providers Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to block 28 websites accused of facilitating the illegal download and streaming of movies and TV shows.

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Canadian poppy coin invalidates own patent, Australia tells court
Article 2018-06-18 10:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Australian Government has revealed its “knockout claim” in an international IP dispute, accusing the Royal Canadian Mint of invalidating its own patent for printed coins by distributing the coins prior to the patent being filed.

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Netcomm Wireless settles Corning’s patent suit over NBN tech
Article 2018-06-18 3:16 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

NetComm Wireless has settled a suit brought by Corning Optical Communications alleging broadband technology used in the National Broadband Network rollout infringes on an innovation patent.

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Gaming giants settle fight over docs in poker machine case
Article 2018-06-15 11:34 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Pokies giants Ainsworth Game Technology and Aristocrat Technologies have settled their spat over access to documents ahead of a hearing to decide if Aristocrat can gather evidence for a possible case alleging its rival stole an idea for a new poker machine.

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Judge rejects ‘flimsy’ appeal bid in software IP case
Intellectual Property 2018-06-14 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Federal Court judge on Thursday dismissed a “flimsy” application by IT firm EIFY to launch an appeal out of time in a software copyright dispute with 3D Safety Services.

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Bicycle giant appeals IP Australia rejection of ‘Condor’ TM
Consumer Goods 2018-06-13 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Australian bicycle manufacturer Reid Cycles is appealing an IP Australia decision to reject its application for the Condor trade mark after a successful opposition by UK-based Condor Cycles.

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Aspen settles patent case over generic Lexapro
Article 2018-06-13 2:01 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Generic pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharma has resolved a patent infringement case brought by the maker of the anti-depressant Lexapro, according to a Federal Court order Tuesday.

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