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Wavetrain wants court muzzle on competitor’s bad-mouthing over IP
Bird & Bird 2019-02-11 6:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Railway technology company Wavetrain Systems has asked the court to bar a competitor started by its former CEO from making allegedly false claims about its patented rail safety devices to clients.

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Clive Palmer hit with copyright suit by Universal Music over Twisted Sister song
Entertainment 2019-02-08 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Clive Palmer is facing the music after riffing off Twisted Sister’s 1980s anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in his election campaign ads, with Universal Music lodging a copyright infringement case against the aspiring MP.

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Sanofi slams judge’s harm assessment in denying injector pen injunction
Christian Dimitriadis 2019-02-08 9:39 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge that rejected a bid by Sanofi-Aventis for an injunction blocking rival Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the PBS erred in his consideration of the harm it would face, the drug giant has told the Full Federal Court.

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Wyeth defends validity of patents in trial over best-selling Prevnar 13 vaccine
Allens 2019-02-07 11:06 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth has shot down arguments by rival Merck Sharp & Dohme that its Prevnar 13 vaccine lacked inventiveness, saying during the closing submissions of a high-stakes patent trial that up until it developed the top-selling shot scientists thought there was a “ceiling” of 11 types of pneumococcal bacteria that could be included in a single vaccine.

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Court overturns $2.8M Microsoft IP judgment against computer retailer
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-07 10:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A Melbourne computer retailer has won its appeal of a $2.8 million damages award for allegedly violating Microsoft’s Windows 7 IP, with a judge overturning the ruling by Justice Alexander ‘Sandy’ Street and ordering a rehearing before a new judge.

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Fairfax won’t drop suit against Network 10 over Boss trade mark
Baker McKenzie 2019-02-06 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Fairfax Media is moving forward with a lawsuit against Network Ten over the alleged infringement of its “Boss” trade mark, even after the TV broadcaster agreed to stop using the name.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme slams Wyeth vaccine patent claims as ‘hearsay and speculation’
Allens 2019-02-06 8:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Claims by Wyeth that its patented Prevnar 13 pneumococcal vaccine was inventive because other pharmaceutical giants had failed in developing similar vaccines are based on “hearsay and speculation,” Merck Sharp & Dohme told the court during closing submissions in the high-stakes trial over the world’s best-selling vaccine.

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Cytec takes dispute over Nalco mining patent to court
Allens 2019-02-05 4:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

US-based chemical and materials technology company Cytec Industries has filed a patent lawsuit against a unit of Ecolab, after a delegate for IP Australia gave the water technology company a third chance to amend its patent for preventing sediment buildup on mining equipment.

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Ceramiche Caesar appeals honest concurrent use trade mark ruling
Intellectual Property 2019-02-01 10:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Ceramic tile maker Ceramiche Caesar has appealed a judge’s decision allowing building products maker Caesarstone to register two trade marks that are deceptive similarity to one of its marks, with the judge finding Caesarstone had shown honest concurrent use of the marks.

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Mylan loses lawsuit against Sun Pharma over cholesterol drug patents
Ashurst 2019-01-31 7:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Generic drug maker Sun Pharma has emerged victorious in a lawsuit brought against it by Mylan relating to Sun’s plans to launch a generic version of cholesterol drug fenofibrate.

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