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In Goldstone Homes Ltd v Goldstone Aluminium Ltd 2021 NZIPOTM 23 a registration was found to be invalid on account of bad faith, but the pleading of ‘not the owner’ was rejected even though the registration was merely a simple arrangement of the invalidity applicant’s unregistered marks.
Read moreThe Australian Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 was assented to on 10th September 2021 and was registered on 16th September 2021.
Read moreThe conventional wisdom is that, in claim drafting, negative limitations should be avoided. Where possible, it is better to express a limitation in positive terms than negative. This is generally considered best practice.
Read moreIn Haoyu Gao v Zespri Group Ltd 2021 NZCA 442 the Court of Appeal overall upheld the infringement findings in the trial Judge’s decision, but found that Gao’s assumed authority to licence a Chinese grower did not infringe Zespri’s New Zealand plant variety rights (PVRs).
Read moreThe recent Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (CA7C) decision Life Spine Inc v Aegis Spine Inc 21-1649 held that Life Spine’s patent for spinal implant technology did not undermine a District Court’s preliminary injunction that included a finding of trade secret misappropriation in relation to the spinal implant technology.
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