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McDonald’s strikes back in trade mark dispute with famed Melbourne pub
Intellectual Property 2019-04-03 12:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

McDonald’s is seeking the cancellation of trade marks held by famed Melbourne pub The Corner Hotel, which sued the fast food giant last year for allegedly violating its “Corner” trade marks with a experimental hipster cafe in Sydney.

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Sirtex class wins access to details on proposed acquisition
Class Actions 2019-04-02 10:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sirtex has been ordered to turn over information related to a possible acquisition to law firm Maurice Blackburn, which is leading a shareholder class action against the life sciences company.

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KPMG settles class action over $840M failed takeover offer
Class Actions 2019-04-02 8:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A settlement has been reached in a class action against KPMG alleging it providing a misleading expert report to copper miner Discovery Metals that was used to reject a $830 million hostile takeover bid.

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DP World, Hutchinson Ports, VICT to lose unfair contract terms following ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-02 12:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Container stevedore companies DP World Australia, Hutchison Ports Australia and Victoria International Container Terminal have agreed to change their standard form contracts with land transporters after the ACCC raised concerns that some terms of the agreements may violate the Australian Consumer Law.

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Judgment looms in Geoffrey Rush defamation case
Defamation 2019-04-01 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Judgment is expected next week in the closely watched defamation suit brought by actor Geoffrey Rush against Nationwide News, with the ruling expected to generate considerable attention amid a spate of recent high-dollar awards in defamation cases and as the country embarks on an ambitious overhaul of its defamation laws.

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Deep Investments can’t take another shot at case, Full Court says
Appeals 2019-04-01 2:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Court has denied a bid by Deep Investments to vary orders dismissing its case against a solicitor and six others over $10 million in alleged share trading losses, saying this would amount to allowing the investment adviser to bring a different claim.

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Two GetSwift shareholders opt out of class action, say company should put ‘legal obstacles’ behind it
Class Actions 2019-04-01 12:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

GetSwift shareholders Clutterbuck Capital Management and KPT Capital have opted out of a class action against the logistics services provider, blasting the “inappropriate and questionable” actions by some involved in the class action proceedings.

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REC will seek to invalidate Hanwha solar patent
Intellectual Property 2019-03-29 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

European solar panel maker REC has struck back at a patent lawsuit filed by solar giant Hanwha QCELLS, saying it will petition the court to invalidate Hanwha’s patent for its passivation technology.

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Judge says fix needed to rein in unwieldy appeals from IP Australia
Intellectual Property 2019-03-29 10:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has questioned whether appeals from IP Australia should be allowed to proceed as hearings anew and not confined to the issues already run before the agency, in a ruling spanning 1,784 paragraphs that dismisses a challenge by chemical manufacturer SNF to a delegate’s decisions granting two mining patents to rival BASF.

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Uplift fee voids Queensland law firm’s cost agreement, judge says
Business of Law 2019-03-29 9:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found a Queensland law firm’s costs agreement void because it did not provide enough information about the firm’s uplift fee.

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