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High Court won’t hear Fanatics’ trade mark fight with AFL merch maker
Intellectual Property 2025-12-04 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will not hear sports merchandise company Fanatics’ trade mark fight with AFL apparel maker FanFirm, which Fanatics argued would provide guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use.

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Sun Pharma defeats appeal over Otsuka’s injectable Abilify patent
Intellectual Property 2025-12-01 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has upheld a decision revoking Otsuka Pharmaceuticals’ patent extension for an injectable version of antipsychotic drug Abilify, finding the patent expired last year.

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Judge rejects Goldstone’s recusal bid in boss’s oppression case
Private equity 2025-10-28 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to disqualify a judge from a damages hearing after he found it liable for shareholder oppression of its managing director.

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Apple, Google say orders sought by Epic Games go ‘well beyond’ case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-17 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

In the wake of a judgment that Apple and Google misused their market power in running their app stores, the tech giants are fighting injunctions proposed by Epic Games, which they say go beyond the case argued at trial.

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Fanatics takes trade mark spat with AFL merch maker to High Court
Intellectual Property 2025-09-24 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sports merchandise company Fanatics is going another round in its trade mark fight with AFL apparel maker FanFirm, urging the High Court to give guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use.

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Class action against Murray Darling Authority can tweak case mid-trial
Trials 2025-09-19 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action alleging negligent management by the Murray Darling Basin Authority can amend their case four weeks into trial, with a judge finding the late application was not the result of a “deliberate forensic decision”.

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Class action must wait for damages in competition case against Apple, Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-11 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has put off deciding what damages group members are owed in two class actions against Apple and Google after finding the tech companies engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.

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Wollemi Capital resolves trade mark spat with Tesla chair’s family office
Intellectual Property 2025-09-08 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

CBA-backed venture capital firm Wollemi has reached an agreement to resolve a trade mark dispute with the family office of Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm.

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High Court to weigh in on honest concurrent use in Zip, Firstmac TM spat
Intellectual Property 2025-09-04 11:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court is poised to provide guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark disputes, agreeing to hear an appeal by buy now, pay later giant Zip Co in its fight with Firstmac over the ‘Zip’ trade mark.

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Murray Darling authority slams class action’s ‘incoherent’ duty of care claim
Trials 2025-08-14 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The public body in charge of managing the Murray Darling’s water resources has slammed as “incoherent” a class action’s claims that it owes a duty of care to protect farmers and irrigators against economic loss.

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