Appeals

a2 Milk Company is challenging a decision that found a Victorian farmer's preparatory steps to selling products under a 23-year-old trade mark incorporating the 'A2' symbol met the bar for establishing use of the mark.

A co-founder of collapsed property development group Steller has argued in the High Court it is unfair to bind him to a previous owner’s acquiescence to the use of a driveway by his prominent Mornington Peninsula neighbour.

Target has lodged an appeal after an IP Australia delegate rejected its opposition to a e-commerce merchandise importer's bid to register a diagonal arrow as a trade mark.

Allianz is challenging the dismissal of its case seeking contribution from AIG toward coverage for a $1.65 million worker's compensation claim against Icon subcontractor Built Tech Hoardings.

The owners corporation at a mixed use development on the lower north shore of Sydney has lost an appeal seeking work orders against builder Ceerose and developer Zone Q, after partially winning its initial case.

The former director of Villawood has appealed a ruling allowing the developer to share documents with the federal police produced in litigation with him.

An appeals court has found US drug maker Cosette could not rely on sales performance figures to justify its termination of a $672 million merger agreement with Mayne Pharma Group. 

Trading platform Plus500 has taken its challenge to an investor class action to the High Court, after an appeals court upheld a finding that an arbitration clause in its terms and conditions was unfair.

Tossing a case by Tahmoor Coal's liquidators over a royalty deed that gave Glencore payments in perpetuity and impacted the company's sale price, an appeals court has found the deed was not unprofitable just because creditors might get a better return without it.

The High Court has declined a special leave application asking it to rule on whether a subjective belief that misconduct has been disclosed is necessary for whistleblower protections to apply.