An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 29 August 2014.
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Please note that the information in the tables below is correct as at the date of the posting but is subject to change. Please check the Commonwealth Courts portal for the current status of any of the cases below.
Intellectual Property Cases Commenced
| File No. | Applicant(s) | Respondent(s) | Type | Details |
| NSD885/2014 | Hoban Recruitment Pty Ltd | Niru Aluwihare | Copyright | Fist Directions set for 23 September 2014 |
| VID496/2014 | BetEasy Pty Ltd | Richard Anthony Smith | Trade marks | First Directions set for 17 October 2014 |
Case Developments
| File No. | Applicant(s) | Respondent(s) | Type | Development | |
| NSD1010/2013 | Vringo Infrastructure INC | ZTE (Australia) Pty Ltd | Infringement | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned- Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 1 September 2014 |
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| NSD1774/2011 | Attachmate Corporation | Commonwealth of Australia | Copyright | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 16 October 2014 |
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| NSD385/2014 | The University of Sydney | ObjectiVision Pty Limited | Patents | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here |
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| NSD856/2014 | Trusted Cloud Pty Limited & Ors | Core Desktop Pty Limited & Ors | Copyright | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 8 September 2014 |
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| SYG2363/2013 | Ahiida Pty Ltd | JB Trading Group Pty Ltd | Design | 25 August 2014 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 6 November 2014 |
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| VID1173/2013 | Mastronardi Produce Ltd | The Registrar of Trade Marks | Trade marks | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 8 September 2014 |
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| VID270/2013 | Rodolfo Antonio Gomez | Colin Bruce Rawson & Ors | Patents | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 17 November 2014 |
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| VID447/2008 | SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd | Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatment Limited & Ors | Patents | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 3 October 2014 |
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| VID853/2013 | Streetworx Pty Ltd | Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd & Anor | Patents | 25 August 2014 Part Heard Adjourned – Part Heard
View orders here Hearing set for 3 September 2014 |
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| QUD34/2014 | N & E Bowder Pty Ltd & Ors | Australian Keg Company Pty Ltd | Appeal | 25 August 2014 Full Court Hearing Adjourned – Judgment Reserved | |
| VID318/2013 | Apotex Pty Ltd | Eli LIlly & Company Limited & Ors | Appeal | 26 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here |
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| NSD51/2012 | Apotex Pty Ltd | Les Laboratoires Servier | Patents | 26 August 2014 Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Final Hearing Concluded, Awaiting Submissions
Directions set for 26 September 2014 |
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| NSD686/2014 | Epoch Capital Pty Ltd & Ors | Coventry Management Pty Ltd as Trustee for Conventry Investment Trust & Anor | Copyright | 26 August 2014 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 23 September 2014 |
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| SAD99/2012 | Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Ltd & anor | Noel Woff & ors | Copyright | 26 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 29 October 2014 |
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| NSD1355/2010 | Winnebago Industries, Inc | Knott Investments Pty Ltd & Ors | Copyright | 27 August 2014 Return of Subpoena Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Return of Subpoena set for 17 September 2014 |
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| NSD1698/2013 | Upaid Systems Ltd | Telstra Corporation Ltd | Patents | 28 August 2014 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 3 November 2014 |
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| QUD736/2013 | CQMS Pty Ltd & Anor | Bradken Resources Pty Limited & Anor | Patents | 29 August 2014 Administrative Listing Adjourned Pre-Hearing
Hearing set for 7 April 2015 |
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| SYG3214/2013 | Societe des Produits Nestle SA & Anor | James William Christian & Anor | Trade marks | 29 August 2014 Hearing of Interlocutory Application Adjourned – Judgment Reserved
View orders here Judgment set for 3 September 2014 |
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| VID41/2014 | Truong Giang Corporation | Tung Mau Quach (also known as “John Guach”) & Ors | Trade marks | 29 August 2014 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Return of Subpoena set for 3 September 2014 |
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Finalised Cases
| File No | Applicant(s) | Respondent(s) | Type | Outcome |
| NSD2501/2013 | Ainsworth Game Technology Limited | Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd | Patents | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Finalised – Discontinued/ Withdrawn
View orders here |
| NSD537/2013 | Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd | Ainsworth Game Technology Limited | Patents | 25 August 2014 Administrative Listing Finalised – Discontinued/ Withdrawn
View orders here |
| NSD1141/2013 | Bluescope Steel Ltd | Gram Engineering Pty Ltd | Appeal | 26 August 2014 Judgment Finalised – Dismissed
View orders here View judgment here |
| VID1123/2013 | Shane Robert Miles | Commissioner of Patents | Appeal | 26 August 2014 Judgment Finalised – Dismissed
View orders here View judgment here |
| LNG19/2014 | Print Mail Logistics Limited | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) | Undefined | 26 August 2014 Administrative Listing Finalised – Discontinued
View orders here |
| SYG2254/2014 | Vincent Khoury Tylor | Trade Travel Pty Limited | Infringement | 29 August 2014 Administrative Listing Finalised – Discontinued |
