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Isuzu to file cross-claims in $18M Directed Electronics copyright case
Automotive 2020-09-21 1:08 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Isuzu plans to lodge cross-claims against electronics company Directed Electronics and various third parties in an $18 million lawsuit accusing the commercial vehicle manufacturer of contract and copyright breaches and aiding a former employee’s alleged theft of company information.

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Nthalmic directors accused of misusing confidential information in lens patent applications
Bird & Bird 2020-09-15 6:10 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Sydney-based research foundation Brien Holden Vision Institute has filed a lawsuit alleging three senior researchers misused confidential information when they jumped ship to a rival research group and filed applications to patent seven inventions for opthalmic lenses designed to treat myopia allegedly based on that information.

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‘Some American burger’: Hungry Jack’s ad pokes fun at McDonald’s trade mark lawsuit
Food and Beverage 2020-09-11 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Hungry Jack’s has released a new television ad poking fun at McDonald’s lawsuit alleging its new ‘Big Jack’ burger violates the US fast food giant’s intellectual property for its classic ‘Big Mac’, referred to in the ad as “some American burger”.

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Indigenous groups locked in IP battle over boundary variation bid
Intellectual Property 2020-09-09 7:25 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

Two Victorian Indigenous groups are facing off in a intellectual property battle over an anthropological research report used in a boundary variation bid lodged by one of the groups.

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Merck Sharpe & Dohme sues Lupin over Januvia patent
Healthcare 2020-09-07 2:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US pharmaceutical giant Merck Sharp & Dohme has taken a unit of Indian generic manufacturer Lupin to court for allegedly threatening to infringe the patent for its multibillion-dollar diabetes drugs Januvia and Janumet.

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Hungry Jack’s ‘bemused’ by McDonald’s trade mark lawsuit
Food and Beverage 2020-09-07 12:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Hungry Jack’s has struck back at allegations that it deliberately copied the look of McDonald’s classic ‘Big Mac’ with its new ‘Big Jack’ burger, saying customers would not confuse the burgers.

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It’s a rap: Jay-Z settles IP spat over Little Homie children’s book
Consumer Goods 2020-09-04 4:38 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

International hip-hop star Jay-Z has quietly settled his spat with Australian children’s book manufacturer The Little Homie for what his lawyers called “flagrant, glaring and contumelious” intellectual property infringement.

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Major beef: McDonald’s sues Hungry Jack’s over ‘Big Jack’ burger
Food and Beverage 2020-09-03 12:42 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

In what is shaping up to be a big bun fight, McDonald’s is taking long time rival Hungry Jack’s to court for trade mark infringement, accusing it of violating its legendary ‘Big Mac’ mark.

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Chevron accuses Ampol of ‘flagrant’ infringement of Caltex trade mark
Addisons 2020-09-01 5:09 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

Chevron has taken Australian petrol station operator Ampol to court over its allegedly infringing use of the ‘Caltex’ brand, eight months after the US oil giant severed the companies’ trade mark licence agreement.

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Hanwha can amend solar patent at centre of IP feud with rivals
Angus Lang 2020-08-31 4:48 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

The Federal Court has granted a bid by global solar cell manufacturer Hanwha to amend the patent behind its solar technology at the centre of a hotly contested infringement case against three rivals.

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