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Gucci, Guess global settlement ends Australia action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-20 11:46 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Iconic fashion labels Gucci and Guess have agreed to a global settlement in their nine-year long courtroom battle over the famed “G” design trademark.

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ObjectiVision panned for not monetising University of Sydney patent
Allens 2018-04-19 7:24 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A lawyer for the University of Sydney has attacked ObjectiVision for failing to produce any commercial benefits from the glaucoma detection method at the centre of a patent infringement dispute, despite holding exclusive rights to the technology for 11 years.

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IP Australia rejects SNF challenge to BASF mining patent
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-04-19 1:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Patent Office has shot down a challenge by SNF to a BASF application for a mining patent.

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Apotex expert comes under fire at Lexapro patent infringement trial
Article 2018-04-18 9:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Expert witnesses were pitted against each other Wednesday at a trial alleging generic makers infringed a patent covering the anti-depressant Lexapro, and Apotex’ consultant took the brunt of it.

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Geneva Labs can’t expand fake Bio-Oil case
Article 2018-04-17 9:30 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has dismissed a bid by Geneva Laboratories to add the sole director of a healthcare product distributor as a defendant in a high-stakes case over counterfeit versions of its popular and premium-priced Bio-Oil line of skin-care products.

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Writers’ Guild slams “mishmash” of evidence in royalties case
Intellectual Property 2018-04-17 8:40 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A barrister for the Australian Writers’ Guild has blasted documents produced by the non-profit Screenrights in a court battle over tens of millions of dollars in royalties payments, calling the evidence a “complete mishmash”.

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Lexapro maker squares off with generics in latest IP battle
Article 2018-04-16 9:19 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The maker of the anti-depressant Lexapro faced off Monday against Apotex, Aspen Pharma and Sandoz at a court hearing over the rights to make generic versions of the top-selling product, with a barrister for Lundbeck slamming the three companies’ defence that their drugs were different.

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ObjectiVision expert under fire in IP dispute with University of Sydney
Allens 2018-04-14 1:02 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

In a long-running intellectual property fight with the University of Sydney, an expert witness for ophthalmic diagnostic device maker ObjectiVision has been grilled in the witness box over a report that claims parts of the company’s AccuMap system was copied.

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Judge orders Hytera to produce US docs in Motorola patent case
Article 2018-04-04 3:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge overseeing Motorola Solutions’ patent infringement suit against Hytera Communications has ordered the Chinese company to hand over documents in evidence in the companies’ U.S. litigation ahead of producing documents held in China.

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Judge rules for Chamberlain in patent case over garage door remotes
Article 2018-04-03 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has fined two companies for selling garage-door remote controls that infringe three Australian patents owned by U.S.-based The Chamberlain Group.

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