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PE fund Goldstone appeals ruling on unfair sacking of director
A private equity fund is challenging a ruling that it acted in an “oppressive” and “unfairly prejudicial” way towards its managing director, who a judge found was invalidly sacked for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son. 
‘Further or in the alternative’ no problem in bovine gene patent suit: court
A group of Australia’s leading beef and dairy companies has failed to strike-out a suit alleging their genetic testing system for cattle infringes the patent of a US genomics company, with a judge rejecting objections to the phrase ‘further or in the alternative’.
Angus & Julia Stone’s claims against management company sent to UK
An appeals court has found that a claim by indie duo Angus & Julia Stone alleging their former talent management company owes $2.8 million in overcharges should proceed in a UK court.
Zoetis loses appeal over pig vaccine patents
US animal drug manufacturer Zoetis has lost its challenge a ruling that chucked out three of its patents for a single-dose vaccine to protect pigs from enzootic pneumonia.
Talent manager files appeal in Angus & Julia Stone’s $2.8M lawsuit
UK talent management company TaP Management has filed an appeal after a judge dismissed its bid to permanently stay a case by Australian musical duo Angus & Julia Stone, who allege their former manager overcharged them by $2.8 million. 
Zoetis can appeal Boehringer win over pig vaccine patents
US animal drug manufacturer Zoetis has been granted leave to appeal a ruling that invalidated three of its patents covering pig vaccines.
Court hands win to Boehringer in fight over Zoetis vaccine patents
German drug maker Boehringer has prevailed in its Federal Court fight against US rival Zoetis over the validity of three patents covering pig vaccines.
Federal Court rejects ToolGen’s genome editing patent
A judge has upheld findings from IP Australia that South Korean biotech ToolGen's genome editing technology CRISPR is not patentable, but given the company one more chance to seek to amend its application.
Judge asks GetSwift GC why he didn’t call out directors for being ‘bullies’
A judge has grilled the former general counsel of defunct logistics company GetSwift about why he did not confront the company's directors for “bullying” other executives when they raised concerns about alleged continuous disclosure breaches.
Epoch Capital accuses analyst of taking confidential info
Trading firm Epoch Capital has brought proceedings against a quantitative analyst who allegedly downloaded confidential information from the firm’s computers.