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Fairfax loses fight to block realestate.com.au trade mark
Intellectual Property 2018-03-08 9:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fairfax Media has lost a bid to stop online property advertising company REA Group from trademarking its web address realestate.com.au.

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Judge says Bohemia trademark not distinctive
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers 2018-03-07 8:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

The official exporter of crystal from the Czech Republic has lost a battle with an Australian catering company over the exclusive rights to the name Bohemia Crystal.

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Melbourne breweries battle over “ale” trade marks
Intellectual Property 2018-03-07 7:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Melbourne-based Collins St Brewing has sued rival artisanal brewer La Sirene for allegedly violating its “urban ale” trade mark.

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Taronga Zoo faces court in trade mark battle
Appeals 2018-03-05 1:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sydney’s iconic Taronga Zoo will bare its teeth in court Tuesday for the first hearing in its trade mark battle against the creators of Sydney Zoo, a wildlife reserve in Darling Harbour.

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Lawyer to square off against IP Australia over software patent
Intellectual Property 2018-03-01 8:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Patent lawyer and inventor Todd Martin will get two days in court to challenge the Australian Patent Office’s decision to reject his innovation for failing the manner of manufacture test, one of two closely watched appeals challenging computer software patent rejections.

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AstraZeneca resolves Crestor patent spat with Generic Health
Allens 2018-03-01 7:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Generic Health have laid down their swords in a long-running patent dispute over AstraZeneca’s cholesterol drug Crestor, two-and-a-half years after the High Court of Australia found the patent obvious and invalid.

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Online course stole US company’s copyright, judge says
Intellectual Property 2018-02-28 8:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge ruled Wednesday that online educator TalentMed violated the copyright of educational materials prep company Career Step when it “cut corners” and lifted text to create a competing course.

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IP Australia grounds coffee pod patent
Herbert Smith Freehills 2018-02-26 2:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian company Vittoria Food & Beverage has won its challenge to a patent application for a coffee pod system filed by a unit of global food giant Mondelez International.

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IP Australia shoots down Bayer patent
Healthcare 2018-02-23 8:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

IP Australia handed a win Thursday to a company challenging a Bayer animal drug patent, but gave Bayer an additional two months to address its concerns about the patent application’s deficiencies.

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Google bid for ad patent shot down by IP Australia
Intellectual Property 2018-02-22 8:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

IP Australia has denied Google’s application for approval of a patent covering advertising price discounting, saying it was not a manner of manufacture and therefore not patentable.

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