Appealing her loss in a trade mark stoush with an Australian fashion designer, pop star Katy Perry has argued the woman “should have changed direction” with her ‘Katie Perry’ brand once the singer’s star began to rise.
The NSW Independent Casino Commission has announced a second inquiry into embattled casino operator Star, amid concerns about its response to Adam Bell SC’s first inquiry.
A judge has held that there could be favourable costs consequences for Carnival if its rejected $15 million settlement offer in the Ruby Princess class action turns out to be more generous than the ultimate damages award, departing from a previous ruling that so-called Calderbank offers do not operate in group proceedings.
The judge overseeing a suite of cases brought by holidaymakers who were seriously injured in a fatal bus collision in Vanuatu has hit out at QBE for ignoring queries about an insurance policy, as the defendants in the case scramble pass the buck for the crash.
A Sydney concert promoter has lost his appeal against former Nine unit TEG Live, with an appeals court agreeing that his idea to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction was not ‘unique’ enough to be confidential information.
The Sydney Opera House Trust has resolved a long-running dispute accusing a China trade group of committing flagrant copyright infringement by reproducing substantial portions of the iconic landmark’s trade mark-protected sail design in its logo.
Hey Hey It’s Saturday host and producer Daryl Somers is suing the Seven Network for broadcasting footage of a duet performed by John Farnham and Tom Jones on the iconic TV show 33 years ago.
Carnival has pointed the finger at passengers in response to a class action over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship, a defence that recently flopped in a separate class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard Ruby Princess.
A theatre company accused of discriminating against actress Christie Whelan Browne and subjecting her to repeated sexual harassment has dropped a bid to suppress parts of her claim to protect actor Craig McLachlan from distress and embarrassment.
Actor Christie Whelan Browne has sued the theatre company behind the 2014 production of the Rocky Horror Show alleging she was discriminated against and subjected to repeated sexual harassment at the hands of a fellow actor.