Bid for Australian top-court IP challenge focuses on 'honest' trademark use
By James Panichi ( June 27, 2025, 06:27 GMT | Insight) -- The “doctrine of honesty” in Australian intellectual-property cases could be challenged in the country’s highest court, with financial-services company ZIP making a last-ditch attempt to overturn a lower court’s decision against it over the use of the word “zip” for loans. As part of its request for a High Court of Australia review, ZIP and Zipmoney Payments are asking the top judges to declare the company had established an “honest concurrent use defense” and that Firstmac, the rival lender, should have its “zip” trademark canceled.The “doctrine of honesty” in Australian intellectual-property cases could be challenged in the country’s highest court, with financial-services company ZIP making a last-ditch attempt to overturn a lower court’s decision against it over the use of the word “zip” for loans....
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