Ten and Nine walk away from Boss trademark dispute

Nine has settled its trademark dispute over Ten’s short-lived use of the Boss name for one of its stations, with the two media companies agreeing to pay their own costs.

The case was launched in November last year following Ten’s rebrand of its multichannel from One to Boss – the same name used by the Australian Financial Review for its long-standing executive lifestyle lift-out.

Ten’s use of the Boss name immediately invoked Nine’s legal wrath