Food and Beverage

A class action on behalf of tens of thousands of KFC workers who were allegedly denied rest breaks has settled for around $29 million. 

Dairy company Care A2 has failed to block food producer Care Natural’s trade mark, with an IP Australia delegate finding that the word ‘care’ was not enough to render the mark deceptively similar or identical to Care A2's marks.

A cocktail bar located in the basement of Merivale's Fred's restaurant in Paddington has won court approval to trade until 2 am four days a week.

The former CEO of Nudie Juice and his wife are fighting a court's ruling in favour of a liquidator's case making breach of duty claims in relation to an alleged tax fraud scheme.

Aldi has entered into a 20-year pre-lease agreement with Charter Hall for a 102,000 square metre temperature controlled warehouse in Tarneit, Victoria, and has extended its tenancy at a distribution facility in Queensland by eight years.

Allied Pinnacle has partially succeeded in its fight over a commercial lease in Western Sydney, with a judge finding the baked goods supplier did not have to remove its fit out at the conclusion of its lease, but did have to repaint the external walls.

The start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper' wants a court to review IP Australia's decision that a proposed patent covering its fake meat product didn't pass muster.

V2food, the CSIRO-backed start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper', has lost its bid to patent a product that changes colour when cooked in order to imitate the “meat experience”.

A new class action targeting Grill'd alleges the burger chain wrongly denied thousands of workers the rest breaks they were entitled to under enterprise bargaining agreements.

The CSIRO has successfully appealed a decision that blocked the government agency’s application to patent a method of producing high-fibre wheat.