Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert’s trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.
In the first case of its kind, a government agency has filed proceedings against education technology company Chegg, alleging it has breached laws designed to prohibit academic cheating.
The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.
A novel bid to appeal the $112 million Robodebt class action settlement and bring new claims off the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report faces “significant hurdles”, a judge has said.
A judge has expressed concerns after hearing that up to 20,000 group members in three pelvic mesh class actions have yet to receive payment from $405 million in settlements approved in March last year.
NAB has successfully opposed a US company’s bid to register a trade mark for ‘UWallet’, with IP Australia rejecting claims the bank was trying to establish a “de facto monopoly”.
Class closure orders are “anathema” to the purpose of group proceedings in facilitating access to justice and should never be ordered, the High Court has been told.
A class action over deaths allegedly caused by negligent care at a NSW aged care facility during COVID-19 has settled.
Wealth manager Escada Partners has lost its lawsuit against two former partners who defected to rival LGT Crestone, with a judge finding a five-year non-compete clause was unreasonable.
An appeals court has set aside a $160,000 judgment against Sydney law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell after finding a “time poor” trial judge had copied and pasted submissions in key parts of his ruling.