An Australian Intellectual Property Litigation Round-Up from the Commonwealth Courts portal for the week ending 6 December 2013.
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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 |
| NSD2456/2013 | Orion Corporation & Ors | Actavis Australia Pty Ltd | Patents | First Directions set for 20 December 2014 |
| NSD2459/2013 | Verizon Trademark Services LLC & Anor | The Verizon Group Pty Ltd | Trade marks | First Directions set for 3 February 2014 |
| QUD797/2013 | NQ Group Pty Ltd | CQ Group Australia Pty Ltd & Anor | Trade marks | Directions set for 7 February 2014 |
| VID1311/2013 | Louis Vuitton Malletier | Imagination Group (Aust) Pty Ltd | Trade marks | Scheduling Conference set for 7 February 2014 |
Case Developments
| File No. | Applicant(s) | Respondent(s) | Type | Development |
| NSD315/2013 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd & Anor | Apple Inc. & Anor | Patents | 6 December 2013 Part Heard Adjourned – Part-Heard
Part Heard set for 9 December 2013 |
| SYG2604/2013 | Phonographic Performance Co of Australia Ltd & Ors | Horizon Hotels Pty Ltd & Anor | Copyright | 2 December 2013 First Court Date Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 16 December 2013 |
| VID784/2012 | Fairlight.Au Pty Ltd | Peter Vogel Instruments Pty Ltd & Anor | Trade marks | 2 December 2013 Judgement Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here View judgment here Directions set for 27 February 2014 |
| VID853/2013 | Streetworx Pty Ltd | Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd & Anor | Patents | 2 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 7 February 2014 |
| NSD1902/2013 | Eli Lilly And Company & Anor | Generic Health Pty Ltd | Patents | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
Hearing set for 2 June 2014 |
| NSD2035/2012 | Apotex Pty Limited | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp & Anor | Patents | 3 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Case Management Conference set for 26 May 2014 |
| NSD2085/2013 | Bayer Australia Limited | Novartis AG | Patents | 3 December 2013 First Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 18 March 2013 |
| NSD2147/2011 | Versatile Homes Pty Ltd & Ors | RCMD Pty Ltd & Ors | Copyright | 3 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Part-Heard
View orders here Hearing set for 28 January 2014 |
| NSD48/2013 | Gilead Sciences Pty Limited | Idenix (Cayman) Ltd & Ors | Patents | 4 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 20 May 2013 |
| NSD596/2009 | Alphapharm Pty Ltd | Wyeth | Patents | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 23 May 2013 |
| NSD622/2012 | Eli Lilly and Company & Anor | Apotex Pty Ltd | Patents | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
Directions set for 12 December 2013 |
| QUD731/2013 | Surveillance Guard Co Limited | Jeffrey Holland | Not Defined | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 16 December 2013 |
| SAD224/2012 | Harcourts WA Pty Ltd | Roy Weston Nominees Pty Ltd | Trade marks | 3 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 6 February 2014 |
| VID195/2009 | Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd | Wyeth | Patents | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 23 May 2014 |
| VID270/2013 | Rodolfo Antonio Gomez | Colin Bruce Rawson & Ors | Patents | 3 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here |
| VID865/2013 | Lion Capital LLP | Lion Global Investors Ltd & Anor | Trade marks | 3 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 14 March 2014 |
| ADG218/2012 | Top Plus Pty Ltd | Maxtrend Pty Ltd & Ors | Infringement | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – For Hearing |
| NSD1124/2009 | Generic Health Pty Ltd | Wyeth | Patents | 3 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View Orders here Directions set for 23 May 2014 |
| NSD1603/2013 | Commodity Inspection Services (Australia) Pty Limited (CIS) | CIS Commodity Inspection Services (Australia) Pty Ltd & Anor | Trade marks | 3 December 2013 Interlocutory Hearing
Directions set for 20 December 2013 |
| NSD1698/2013 | Upaid Systems Ltd | Telstra Corporation Ltd | Patents | 3 December 2013 Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Judgement Reserved |
| NSD2373/2013 | Board & Batten International Inc | Anor v Vuly Trampolines Pty Limited | Patents | 5 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 5 February 2014 |
| NSD734/2013 | Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare UK Ltd | GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd | Patents | 4 December 2013 Interlocutory Hearing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 17 December 2013 |
| SAD291/2013 | Neobev Pty Ltd | Bacchus Distillery Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) | Patents | 4 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – For Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 16 December 2013 |
| VID1138/2013 | Bruce Postle | Victoria Racing Club Limited | Copyright | 4 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 7 February 2014 |
| VID154/2009 | CSL Limited & Anor | Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd & Anor | Patents | 4 December 2013 Judgement Adjourned – Final Hearing Concluded, Awaiting Submissions
View orders here |
| VID317/2013 | Blue Gentian LLC | Product Management Group Pty Ltd | Patents | 4 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 10 February 2014 |
| VID499/2013 | BASF Agro B.V | Environmax Technologies Pty Ltd | Patents | 4 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 7 February 2014 |
| VID876/2010 | The Coca-Cola Company | Pepsico Inc & Ors | Trade marks | 6 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 25 March 2014 |
| ADG340/2013 | Wahlstedt Corporation Pty Ltd | Justine Jury & anor | Copyright | 5 December 2013 First Court Date |
| MLG1053/2013 | Ita Buttrose & Anor | The Senior’s Choice (Australia) Pty Ltd & Anor | Copyright | 5 December 2013 Judgement Adjourned – For Hearing
View judgement here Mention set for 18 December 2013 |
| NSD428/2013 | Apple Inc | Registrar of Trade Marks | Trade marks | 5 December 2013 Part Heard Adjourned – Judgement Reserved
View orders here |
| NSD987/2012 | D & D Group Pty Ltd & Anor | Safetech Hardware Pty Ltd & Anor | Patents | 5 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
Directions set for 13 March 2014 |
| VID286/2013 | Chi Drinks Ltd | Encompass Distributor Group Pty Ltd | Copyright | 5 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 7 February 2014 |
| VID447/2008 | SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd | Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatment Limited & Ors | Patents | 5 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Part-Heard |
| NSD1552/2013 | Ecolab Inc & Anor | Sopura Australia Pty Ltd | Patents | 6 December 2013 Administrative Listing Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 28 March 2014 |
| NSD1697/2010 | Enviro Global Pty Ltd & Anor | Kembla Watertech Pty Ltd | Patents | 6 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – For Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 3 February 2014 |
| NSD1991/2011 | Preformed Line Products (Australia) Pty Ltd | Sicame Australia Pty Ltd | Patents | 6 December 2013 Case Management Conference Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Directions set for 30 June 2014 |
| VID1022/2013 | Heart Rate Inc. | Robert Crouch & Anor | Trade marks | 6 December 2013 First Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here |
| VID1043/2013 | MCI Group Holdings SA | Secondment Pty Ltd | Trade marks | 6 December 2013 Directions and Interlocutory Hearing |
| VID1091/2013 | Ture Nyholm | Gavan Products Pty Ltd | Patents | 6 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here |
| VID1103/2013 | Under Armour, Inc | Warrior Challenge Pty Ltd | Trade marks | 6 December 2013 Scheduling Conference |
| VID1200/2013 | Novartis AG & Anor | Apotex Pty Limited | Patents | 6 December 2013 Directions |
| VID1291/2013 | Robert Crouch | Bodytastic Pty Ltd | Trade marks | 6 December 2013 First Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here |
| VID603/2013 | Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor | Apotex Pty Ltd & Anor | Patents | 6 December 2013 Directions |
| VID817/2011 | RPL Central Pty Ltd | Myall Australia Pty Ltd | Patents | 6 December 2013 Interlocutory Hearing |
| VID937/2013 | WD-40 Manufacturing Company Incorporated | Australia Sedy Pty Ltd & Ano | Trade marks | 6 December 2013 Directions Adjourned – Pre-Hearing
View orders here Hearing set for 1 May 2014 |
| VID645/2012 | Australian Postal Corporation | Digital Post Australia Pty Ltd | Appeals | 6 December 2013 Judgement |
Finalised Cases
| File No. | Applicant(s) | Respondent(s) | Type | Outcome |
| NSD2098/2013 | Glaxosmithkline Australia Pty Ltd | Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited & Anor | Appeals | 4 December 2013 Judgement Finalised – Dismissed
View orders here View judgement here |
| VID918/2013 | Woodtree Australia Pty Ltd | Jovic Trading Pty Ltd | Copyright | 4 December 2013 Administrative Listing Finalised – Dismissed By Consent
View orders here |
| SAD139/2013 | Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd | Ripponlea Motors Pty Ltd | Infringement | 5 December 2013 Administrative Listing Finalised – Dismissed
View orders here |
| PEG88/2012 | Dongguang Li | Jinsong Leng | Copyright | 6 December 2013 Judgement 2013 Finalised – Allowed
View orders here View judgement here |
| VID729/2012 | S T Couplers Limited & Anor | Elite Attachments Australia Pty Ltd | Infringement | 6 December 2013 Administrative Listing Finalised – Dismissed
View orders here |