Nicola Gollan

Motorola has urged the High Court to reject Hytera's special leave application in their long-running dispute over the theft of Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios.

The Full Federal Court has published its reasons for finding Hytera copied a substantial part of Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios, saying the 15 months of labour the China-based company saved from the copying reinforced its conclusion. 

Swiss pharmaceutical company Actelion has brought a fourth patent infringement case over plans to launch a generic version of its blood pressure drug in Australia -- against Lupin unit Generic Health -- after firing off cases against three other drug makers. 

Mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto have failed to declass group proceedings over alleged failures to protect female employees from discrimination, but a judge struck out victimisation and sexual assault claims. 

China-based Hytera Communications wants the High Court to overturn a finding that it stole Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios, arguing the appeal raises important issues about how "substantial part" should be assessed under the Copyright Act.

Real estate investment firm ISPT on Wednesday failed in its challenge to a $10.7 million stamp duty assessment, with a judge finding Victoria's revenue office was entitled to lump two acquisitions together.

Two Deloitte reports commissioned by a Swiss law firm for Credit Suisse are protected by legal professional privilege despite access given to financial regulators investigating the collapse of supply chain financier Greensill. 

Credit Suisse is fighting a bid for access to Deloitte reports commissioned by a Swiss law firm and advice from Linklaters, in litigation against insurers over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill Capital. 

A judge has allowed a 50 per cent fee uplift for counsel in an epic fight over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region, but says the hourly fees of solicitors from the likes of Allens, Clayton Utz and Corrs were already well above market rate.

The Toowoomba Council has asked the High Court to overturn a ruling which found that a 4,000-space car park it operates at the Grand Central shopping centre, where its employees are allowed to park, qualifies as a commercial parking station that is subject to tax.