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Commonwealth Bank class tries to fix ‘pleading deficiencies’
The plaintiffs in a shareholder class action against Commonwealth Bank have taken another stab at their statement of claim, after a judge struck down the part of their pleading alleging the bank's systems for assessing money laundering and terrorism financing risk were deficient.
ACCC says Click Energy misled consumers about discounts
The ACCC has filed a lawsuit against Click Energy for allegedly misleading consumers about possible discounts on their energy bills.
Octaviar investors appeal toss of class action against Queensland’s Public Trustee
Investors in the failed Gold Coast finance group Octaviar are challenging a decision throwing out their class action, which alleged the Public Trustee of Queensland deserved some of the blame for their massive losses.
Mondelez loses bid to protect trade secrets in Kraft-Bega peanut butter case
The judge overseeing the lawsuit between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has denied a request by non-party Mondelez to implement a restrictive regime to protect its trade secrets in certain transaction documents it has produced in the case.
IP Australia revokes four Aristocrat Technologies gaming patents
IP Australia has revoked four innovation gaming patents held by Aristocrat Technologies related to the use of configurable symbols in a game, saying the inventions didn't amount to anything other than games and game rules.
Judge throws out part of expert report in Queensland flood class action
The judge overseeing a class action against dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater and the state of Queensland over the 2011 Queensland floods has thrown out part of an engineer's risk assessment report on the dams submitted by Seqwater, as the marathon trial nears the end of its sixth month.
Google loses bid to patent mobile payment system
Google has lost a bid for a patent for a mobile payment system, with an examiner for IP Australia calling the proposed patent a business rather than technical innovation.
Famed Melbourne pub sues McDonald’s over ‘Corner’ trade mark
The Corner Hotel in Melbourne is suing McDonald's, claiming a new hipster cafe that serves as a testing lab for the fast food giant violates its trade mark.
Streem gets licence extension in dispute with Copyright Agency
Media monitoring company Streem has been granted interim relief in its dispute with the Copyright Agency Limited over the terms of an agreement to sublicence news content from leading publishers, including News Corp, Fairfax Media, and Bauer Media. 
Sydney exec fights extradition to US over Iran weapons embargo violations
A Sydney executive is fighting plans to extradite him to the US to face charges that he supplied military technology to Iran in violation of a weapons embargo.