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Controversial licence granted over patented cancer drug

19 March 2012

In September last year we reported that the Indian pharmaceutical company Natco had applied for a compulsory licence to manufacture and sell (in India) a generic version of Bayer’s patented anti-cancer drug sorafenib (Nexavar).

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Leading Australian artist awarded damages for unjustified threats in groundbreaking online copyright decision

19 March 2012

By Damien MacRae

In a landmark decision, the Federal Court of Australia has awarded Aboriginal activist artist, Richard Bell, damages of $147,000 against New York filmmaker Tanya Steele for unjustified threats.

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Football Dataco ruling: skill and effort benched for creative freedom

19 March 2012

By Hanna Gyton

In Football Dataco and Others [2012] EUECJ C-604/10, the organisers of the English and Scottish football leagues and Football Dataco handed a red card to Yahoo!

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Who killed ‘The Hobbit’, and Can They? Intriguing Whodunnit begins…

16 March 2012

By Natalie Hickey

An interesting legal stoush has caught our eye this week, between Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) which owns the worldwide film, stage and merchandising rights to The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, and the owners of a theme pub called The Hobbit, located in Southampton, England.

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Update – Barbie drops copyright claim against Bratz, appeals US$300 million judgment

12 March 2012

By Melissa Anderson

After an 8-year legal battle in the United States, Barbie manufacturer Mattel has abandoned its copyright claim over the Bratz dolls, made by rival company MGA.

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Europe moving away from pay-for-delay?

8 March 2012

By Peta Stevenson

Further to our post on Tuesday on the introduction of new legislation in the US prohibiting pay-for-delay agreements, on the other side of the Atlantic the trend could be shifting in the opposite direction.

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Urban Outfitters’ faux-‘Navajo’ knickers in a knot over alleged trade mark infringement

7 March 2012

By Samantha McHugh

Fashion is, at its core, derivative.

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Another Attempt to Discourage Pay-For-Delay Agreements

6 March 2012

By Claudia Newman-Martin

In an era in which governments are attempting to move legal disputes out of the courtroom and encouraging mediation wherever possible, it is unusual to see a Bill which would prevent companies from settling legal disputes.

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More news from Canberra: amendments to IP laws passed by Senate

2 March 2012

By Claudia Newman-Martin

You would be forgiven for having missed this news given everything else that was happening in Canberra this week, but the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 was passed by the Senate on 27 February 2012.

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Hooker Meats on the hook for false advertising

1 March 2012

By Hannah Luxford

Federal Court fines Hooker Meats $50,000 for misleading advertising

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