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Clive Palmer ‘didn’t like the price’ of Twisted Sister licence, court hears
Intellectual Property 2019-12-04 1:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

Billionaire and former politician Clive Palmer knew he needed a licence to use Twisted Sister’s hit song ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ but went ahead and used the song anyway in his political campaign ads because he “didn’t like the price,” the Federal Court has heard.

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Ex-Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell was ‘determined’ to award Open rights to Seven, court hears
ASIC 2019-11-04 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell was “pushing very hard” for the Seven Network to score the domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open in 2013 over better offers from rival broadcasters, the Federal Court heard Monday.

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Kymab to attack Regeneron’s mice experiments in human rat patent case
Intellectual Property 2019-10-24 7:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

UK biopharmaceutical company Kymab may attack experiments done by US biotechnology giant Regeneron creating genetically modified mice with splices of human genomes, as it defends its proposed patent for a human rat.

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Ex-Tennis Australia director can’t enforce ‘catch-all’ subpoenas for board member emails
ASIC 2019-10-18 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Ex-Tennis Australia director and current Dentons partner Steve Healy, who is facing action by the corporate regulator over the broadcast rights to the Australian Open, has lost a bid for access to six years of emails between two other former board members.

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University of Sydney wins IP rights case against ObjectiVision
Intellectual Property 2019-10-02 3:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

The University of Sydney has emerged triumphant in its long running battle over the intellectual property rights of a glaucoma testing device, with the Federal Court ruling against opthalmic diagnostic tool manufacturer ObjectiVision.

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Judge slams NRMA’s ‘intrusion’ on industrial jurisdiction with consumer suit
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-12 1:58 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has thrown out the NRMA’s consumer case against the maritime union over its Sydney fast ferry campaign, ruling that a verdict in favour of the motoring body would have brought the “the entire field of industrial relations within the operation of consumer legislation”.

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Ex-Tennis Australia directors lose bid for ASIC chats with witnesses
White Collar 2019-09-09 3:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two former directors of Tennis Australia can’t access chats between ASIC and other executives from the tennis body, with a judge finding the documents recording the communications with the potential witnesses were created in anticipation of litigation and were therefore privileged.

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ASIC dragged ‘kicking and screaming’ to produce docs, ex-Tennis Australia director says
ASIC 2019-08-01 8:55 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has told a court that the corporate regulator had to be dragged “kicking and screaming” to produce documents in its enforcement action over alleged breaches of directorial duties involving negotiations for the Australian Open broadcast rights.

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Ex-Tennis Australia’s Harold Mitchell wants ASIC’s evidence from deceased former director
ASIC 2019-07-30 2:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Ex-Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell, facing enforcement action by ASIC alleging he breached his duties in awarding Australian Open broadcast rights to the Seven Network, has asked a court for all evidence the regulator obtained from former board member Graeme Holloway, who died in February.

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Merck Sharp & Dohme loses key battle in trade mark case ahead of trial
Intellectual Property 2019-07-15 8:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has barred US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme from denying that an agreement made with German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA was governed by German law, settling a key question before a trade mark case between the two drug giants goes to trial.

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