date:Mar 06, 2014
Food manufacturer and electronics retailer Dick Smith has lost the name rights to its version of the popular Australian yeast spread, with Intellectual Property Australia ruling that OzEmite products must be pulled from sale.
The legal battle over name rights with Adelaide small business AussieMite began in 2011, when AussieMite Founder Rodger Ramsay filed to have the OzEmite trademark removed.
The OzEmite trademark was registered in October 1999, but was not approved until 2003 and Dick Smith