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Parmalat loses opposition to a2 trade mark
Dairy giant Parmalat has come up short in its attempt to block competitor The a2 Milk Company from registering a trade mark in Australia for a logo featuring the words "A2/A2 Genetics Verification".
Citigroup agrees to $3M refund after ASIC raised ‘personal advice’ concerns
Citigroup has agreed to refund $3 million to 114 customers that suffered losses stemming from investments in complex financial products, after ASIC raised concerns that some of the customers may have thought they were getting personal rather than general advice.
IPH-Xenith merger creates IP services giant
Australia's largest intellectual property services firm IPH will maintain its dominance after winning a takeover battle for Xenith IP, a deal that will create a formidable IP services giant with over 1,000 employees across Asia Pacific.
Victoria’s Secret resolves lawsuit over knockoff body spray
US lingerie company Victoria's Secret has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the sale of knockoff products that mimic the get-up of its trade marked body care products.
Corner Hotel takes aim at Birdland partner jazz club with trade mark lawsuit
Melbourne-based pub and music venue The Corner Hotel has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a jazz club formed in partnership with iconic New York club Birdland, as it continues to do battle with McDonald's for allegedly infringing its "Corner" trade marks.
New laws target insolvent companies that try to dodge worker entitlements
The Federal Parliament has passed laws that impose stricter penalties on company directors that try to shirk their duty to pay employee entitlements during an insolvency. 
Live-streaming laws face criticism for being ‘rammed through’ parliament
Social media companies will face criminal penalties for failing to promptly remove live-streaming of violent content under a harsh new law that whisked through the Federal Parliament in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, but the world-first law has been slammed by Australia's peak legal body.
DP World, Hutchinson Ports, VICT to lose unfair contract terms following ACCC probe
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.
Ultra Tune to fight $2.6M fine for misleading franchisee, fabricating evidence
Ultra Tune is challenging a court ruling that socked it with a $2.6 million penalty in a case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleging it misled a prospective franchisee about the costs of buying an outlet in Parramatta, Sydney and tried to cover up its conduct with "manufactured" evidence.
New photo ID cards will limit right-of-entry abuses, Government says
Right of entry permits will soon be issued in photo ID format, in an effort to curb what the Federal Government has called abuse by "militant" union officials.