Cat Fredenburgh

Four Australian law firms are at the top of their game when it comes to advising on copyright matters, according to an inaugural global ranking by the World Trademark Review.

The government will not appeal a ruling that found former environment minister Tanya Plibersek lacked authority to declare part of the McPhillamys gold mine heritage protected after she received new information about a "central and material" Dreaming story. 

Real estate developer AVID Property Group has matched an offer from Warburg Pincus to acquired holiday park operator Ingenia Communities.

A New Zealand judge has refused to grant Gilbert + Tobin full access to confidential documents in a trade mark stoush between coffee makers Cantarella and Lavazza, saying the issue should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Janssen has granted Biocon a licence for a biosimilar of Crohn's disease drug Stelara, following setbacks in patent proceedings with South Korean drug maker Samsung Bioepis over the drug.

Generation Steel has signed a power purchase agreement with BHP to power its proposed new steel mill in Collie, Western Australia.

Cancer drug maker AdvanCell is seeking to block two patent applications by Norwegian biotech Sciencons AS for technology used in targeted radiation treatments for cancer.

Home builder Metricon has been ordered to identify the specific drawings it alleges a Queensland builder copied, in proceedings alleging copyright infringement of two of its home designs.

Sacked boss of ISGroup Roy Mellon has largely defeated a bid to strike out his reply to the surveying company's defence, with a judge saying he was entitled to dispute the reasons given for his dismissal.

In the latest ruling on computer-implemented inventions, an IP Australia delegate has shot down fintech Kyro Card's bid to patent a payment system for offering rewards to shoppers, finding the invention was a business scheme implemented on a computer and not a manner of manufacture.