Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up – 31 October 2014

An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 31 October 2014.

We advise our clients (whether as IP owners or as alleged infringers) and act for them in relation to patent litigation, trade mark litigation, registered design litigation, domain name, plant breeder’s rights, confidential information and copyright litigation.  Contact us here for more information on how we may be able to assist you.

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
SYG3030/2014 Dennis Flaherty Lawand Education Pty Limited Infringement First Court Date set for 3 December 2014
SYG3031/2014 Vincent Khoury Tylor & Anor Go Golfing Pty Limited Infringement First Court Date set for 3 December 2014
SYG3032/2014 George Kilfoil Tenney Neil Meka Infringement First Court Date set for 3 December 2014
VID640/2014 Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A. & Anor Ai Ying Liu Trade Marks First Directions set for 5 December 2014
VID638/2014 GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No. 2) Limited & Anor Generic Partners Pty Ltd Patents Interlocutory Hearing set for 5 November 2014
VID649/2014 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd Pharmacor Pty Ltd Patents Interlocutory Hearing set for 5 November 2014
VID650/2014 Flexopack S.A Plastics Industry Flexopack Australia Pty Ltd & Anor Trade Marks Scheduling Conference set for 5 December 2014
NSD1101/2014 Veda Advantage Limited  Malouf Group Enterprises Pty Limited Trade Marks First Directions set for 17 November 2014
VID651/2014 Rinnai Australia Pty Ltd Smarttek Pty Ltd Trade Marks Scheduling Conference set for 19 December 2014
BRG948/2014 Naiad Design Limited Woody Marine Pty Ltd & Ors Trade Marks First Court Date 1 December 2014

Case Developments

File No. Applicant(s) Respondent(s) Type Development
CAG46/2014 Top Plus Pty Ltd Sound Box Karaoke Pty Ltd & Ord Copyright 27 October 2014

Directions Hearing

NSD2433/2013 Objectivision Pty Ltd & Anor Visionsearch Pty Ltd Copyright 27 October 2014

Directions – Finalised – Preliminary Question Answered

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Judgement set for 28 October 2014

NSD51/2012 Apotex Pty Ltd Les Laboratoires Servier Patents 27 October 2014

Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Final Hearing Concluded, Awaiting submissions

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Interlocutory Hearing set for 13 November 2014

NSD838/2014 Nature’s Care Manufacture Pty Limited Australia Green World Nature’s Care Pty Limited Trade Marks 27 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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NSD954/2014 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. & Anor Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd Patents 27 October 2014

First Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions Hearing set for 18 December 2014

QUD736/2013 CQMS Pty Ltd & Anor Bradken Resources Pty Limited & Anor Patents 27 October 2014

Administrarive Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Hearing set for 7 April 2015

VID270/2013 Rodolfo Antonio Gomez Colin Bruce Rawson & Ors Patents 29 October 2014

Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Part- Heard

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Return of Subpoena set for 5 November 2014

VID463/2013 B. Braun Melsungen AG Multigate Medical Devices Pty Ltd Patents 28 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 27 November 2014

NSD1174/2012 Apotex Pty Limited  Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals & Anor Patents 28 October 2014

Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 1 December 2014

NSD19/2012 Apotex Pty Limited F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG Patents 28 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Hearing set for 24 November 2014

NSD448/2014 Crescent Capital Partners Management Pty Ltd & Anor Crescent Funds Management (Aust) Ltd & Ors Trade Marks 28 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 25 November 2014

NSD983/2013 Universal Solar and Surface Science Pty Ltd & Anor Hills Holdings Ltd Patents 28 October 2014

Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 10 March 2015

NSD1355/2010 Winnebago Industries, Inc Knott Investments Pty Ltd & Ors Copyright 31 October 2014

Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

Judgement set for 3 November 2014

NSD1639/2007 Apotex Pty Ltd Sanofi-Aventisq Patents 29 October 2014

Return of Subpoena – Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

Directions set for 21 November 2014

NSD820/2013 Bitzer Australia Pty Ltd Andrew Japp & Anor Copyright 29 October 2014

Administrative Listing Finalised – Granted / Allowed in Part – Other Orders made

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SAD99/2012 Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Ltd & Anor Noel Woff & Ors Copyright 29 October 2014

Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Return of Subpoena set for 4 November 2014

VID270/2013 Rodolfo Antonio Gomez Colin Bruce Rawson & Ors Patents 29 October 2014

Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Part Heard

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Return of Subpoena set for 5 November 2014

NSD1036/2014 Geneva Laboratories Limited & Anor MT Finance Enterprises Pty Ltd Trade Marks 30 October 2014

Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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NSD149/2014 Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Limited ACPA Pty Ltd & Anor Trade Marks 30 October 2014

Directions & Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

Judgement set for 31 October 2014

NSD648/2014 Cristal Metals Inc Christopher John Carter Patents 30 October 2014

Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 30 June 2015

NSD2002/2013 The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd ynx Engineering Consultants Pty Ltd Patents 31 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 17 November 2014

NSD2461/2007 Bradken Resources Pty Ltd Lynx Engineering Consultants Pty Ltd Patents 31 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions set for 17 November 2014

SYG3214/2013 Societe des Produits Nestle SA James William Christian & Anor Trade Marks 31 October 2014

Hearing of Interlocutory Application Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Judgement set for 4 November 2014

VID269/2014 Dealer Support Services Pty Ltd Motor Trades Association of Australia Ltd Trade Marks 31 October 2014

Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Directions & Interlocutory Hearing set for 17 November 2014

VID41/2014 Truong Giang Corporation Tung Mau Quach (also known as “John Guach”) & Ors Trade Marks 31 October 2014

Directions Adjourned – Pre- Hearing

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Return of Subpoena set for 12 November 2014

NSD940/2014 James William Christian & Anor Societe Des Products Nestle S.A. & Ano Appeal Directions set for 20 November 2014

 

Finalised Cases

File No Applicant(s) Respondent(s) Type Outcome
CAG42/2014 Top Plus Pty Ltd Jing Liu and Peisen Guan & Ors Copyright 27 October 2013

Directions Hearing – Finalised – Allowed

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BRG620/2014 Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited Specialty Mens Apparel Pty Ltd & Ano Copyright 29 October 2014

Administrative Listing Finalised – Dismissed

NSD663/2014 Troy Clancy Jennybay Pty Ltd Copyright 29 October 2014

Administrative Listing – Finalised – Dismissed by Consent

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BCSE(Hons) MIP FIPTA

Mark’s academic background is in computer science and electrical engineering. He assists clients in obtaining and enforcing their intellectual property rights in the areas of software, electronics and engineering. Prior to joining Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick, Mark worked for a leading automotive manufacturer.