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Sandoz appeals loss in 15-year battle over Lexapro patent
Appeals 2019-01-10 11:26 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Generic drug maker Sandoz is challenging a ruling that it infringed a patent behind Lundbeck’s blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, reviving a 15-year fight over the lucrative intellectual property.

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Cytec wins challenge to Nalco mining patent
Allens 2019-01-09 9:27 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

US-based chemical and materials technology company Cytec Industries has successfully opposed an application by chemical company Nalco for an Australian patent for preventing sediment buildup on mining equipment.

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Clipsal copycat seller gets more time to pay contempt fine in trade mark case
Banki Haddock Fiora 2019-01-08 8:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A man charged with contempt of court for failing to hand over infringing products in a trade mark case won by electrical goods manufacturer Clipsal Australia gets six more months to pay his outstanding fine, or he goes to jail.

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Sanofi takes another stab at injunction in injector pen patent case
Appeals 2019-01-04 9:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has appealed a judge’s ruling denying its bid to block Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.

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Teva files challenge to Boehringer inhaler capsule patent
Healthcare 2018-12-20 3:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Generic drug giant Teva has filed a lawsuit seeking to have German pharmaceutical company Boehringer’s patent for an inhalation capsule, which is used to deliver the active drug in its blockbuster Spiriva asthma inhaler, declared invalid.

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Sanofi denied injunction in injector pen patent dispute
Healthcare 2018-12-19 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has denied Sanofi’s bid to block Alphapharm from listing its insulin injector pen on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme, saying Sanofi has not established a strong enough case of infringement to justify granting the injunction.

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As trial looms, who owns ‘Love is in the Air’ copyright up in the air
Banki Haddock Fiora 2018-12-19 9:00 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The judge overseeing a lawsuit against Air France over the alleged unauthorised use of the song “Love is in the Air” will have to weigh who owns the rights to the disco hit.

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Hytera ordered to hand over ‘stolen’ Motorola code
Cameron Moore 2018-12-18 5:33 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Hytera Communications has been ordered to hand over source code that Motorola Solutions claims was stolen by three employees who jumped ship between the companies.

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Trade mark suit by Melbourne University’s Trinity College settles
Intellectual Property 2018-12-14 10:43 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

An education provider that calls itself Trinity College Australia has settled a trade mark lawsuit alleging it tried to pass itself off as the famed residential college of The University of Melbourne.

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Hytera wins bid to postpone Motorola copyright case
Cameron Moore 2018-12-13 1:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Hytera Communications has won its bid to have a new copyright case brought against it by rival Motorola Solutions heard separately from a patent infringement trial scheduled to begin in July next year.

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