Competition & Consumer Protection
REA Group to cut restrictive contract terms amid ACCC concerns
REA Group's listings site will no longer require agents to provide it with all or most of their listings, after the ACCC expressed concerns the restrictive contract terms could breach competition laws.
Alexander Edwards
Commonwealth loses bid to declass ADF harassment class action
The Commonwealth has lost its bid to strike out and declass a class action on behalf of female Australian Defence Force employees who allegedly faced systemic harassment and discrimination.
Intellectual Property
Pfizer loses patent case over Enbrel generic
Pfizer has lost a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Bioepis over the generic version of its blockbuster autoimmune drug Enbrel, with a judge finding all but one of the patent's claims is invalid.
Class Actions
NT can argue class action members failed to keep housing ‘reasonably clean’
The Northern Territory's public housing authority can amend its defence in a class action alleging it failed to maintain habitable housing in remote Aboriginal communities to allege that tenants failed to keep housing "reasonably clean".
Intellectual Property
Aristocrat accuses Konami of infringing game patents
Aristocrat has taken gaming giant Konami to court, alleging that more than 50 of the Japanese company's casino games infringe its patents.
Courts
Justice Rowena Orr to lead Victorian Appeals Court
Justice Rowena Orr, known by the nickname 'Shock and Orr' during her time as senior counsel for the banking royal commission, has been appointed president of the Victorian Court of Appeal.
Intellectual Property
Dan Murphy’s owner defeats Treasury Wine’s bid to trade mark bottle
A Treasury Wine Estates unit has lost its bid to trade mark a red wine bottle with a red screw top, an embossed crest and white label, with a delegate finding it lacked distinctiveness.
Class Actions
NT police racism class action ‘far from straightforward’, court told
The Northern Territory has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a "far from straightforward" class action alleging racial discrimination against Aboriginal Community Police Officers over decades.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Select Cards hits AFL memorabilia co. with misuse of market power suit
Footy trading card company Select Cards has launched a competition case against memorabilia producer Sport Entertainment Products, alleging misuse of market power.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Arrotex can’t back up iron supplement claims, lawsuit alleges
The maker of Maltofer iron supplements is suing Arrotex over ads that claim its Ferro-grad C iron supplement is faster acting and reduces the risk of constipation.
