litigation
Second throw of the dice unsuccessful: Full Federal Court confirms Hepatitis C drug patent is invalid
21 December 2017
The recent decision of the Full Court in Idenix Pharmaceuticals v Gilead Sciences [2017] FCAFC 196 illustrates the power of the grounds of lack of utility and lack of sufficiency under section 40 of the Patents Act when challenging the validity of a patent.
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Sorry – your name isn’t on the list! Canada’s Supreme Court orders Google to de-index certain unlawful websites globally
14 July 2017
A decision in June by Canada’s Supreme Court in Google Inc.
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High Court reinstates agreed penalties
9 December 2015
The practice of parties negotiating “settlements” and making submissions on agreed penalties has been restored
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Disney’s “Frozen” in copyright dispute – filmmaker can’t Let it Go
28 April 2015
Question: What do these things have in common?
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Scrambling for the win: Mattel and Zynga in the UK Court of Appeal
16 April 2015
Toy manufacturing giant Mattel has won out in the final round of its recent dispute with social game services provider Zynga (of Farmville and Words with Friends fame) in the United Kingdom Court of Appeal.
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Why we can’t bring you an analysis of Tom Waterhouse’s defamation claim against Peter Fitzsimons and Fairfax
15 April 2013
The Deputy Registrar of the District Court of New South Wales has refused IP Whiteboard’s non-party application to obtain from the court file a copy of Tom Waterhouse’s court complaint against Peter Fitzsimons and Fairfax (more officially known as proceeding No. 2012/284242).
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