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Coffee giant Vittoria has lost its bid to register the trade mark “Victoria Coffee", with IP Australia finding the mark could prevent other businesses from honestly describing coffee products by referring to the state of Victoria.
A judge has allowed two a2 Milk trade marks to proceed to registration despite "legitimate uncertainty" created by IP Australia in a long-running intellectual property spat with competitor Lion Dairy & Drinks.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to pork processor JBS Australia to proceed with its proposed $175 million acquisition of a Singapore-owned pig farm and abattoir business, despite competition concerns raised by pig farmers.
Canadian fast food restaurant Freshii is suing its Australian master franchiser for alleged "extensive failures" to pay what was owed under the franchising agreement and a decision to open eight restaurants in Australia without permission.
Dairy giant a2 Milk has been hit with a second class action alleging it misled shareholders by providing an overly rosy forecast for its infant formula sales.
Melbourne-based joint venture Shepparton Partners Collective has lost its appeal of a $1.2 million judgment that found it infringed software developer QAD's copyright by failing to pay a transfer fee to retain the licence after it acquired the iconic SPC Ardmona cannery in Victoria from Coca-Cola Amatil for $40 million.
McDonald’s Australia has been joined as a second respondent in a union-led lawsuit that accuses the fast food giant of “conspiring to deliberately deny workers their breaks”.
A Victoria Supreme Court judge has admonished Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon for their less than speedy progress in a consolidated shareholder class action against Treasury Wine Estates, after hearing that evidence would not be filed by the plaintiffs until the end of 2022.
Woolworths has agreed to pay $1.75 million in Adero Law's legal costs as part of a settlement of an underpayments class action which will see group members recoup any amounts they are owed in a separate proceeding brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman rather than the class action.
The a2 Milk Company is paying the price for its descriptive trade name, unsuccessfully opposing registration of a trademark for Reckitt Benckiser subsidiary’s milk-based product, AII.