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SNF renews challenge to BASF patent
SNF has filed an appeal with the Federal Court after the Australian Patent Office shot down its challenge to a mining patent application by rival BASF.
ACCC looking at Oracle info on Google data use
The ACCC is considering a report by US-based Oracle into Google's tracking of Australian Android phone users as part of the regulator's broader inquiry into digital media.
Judge recuses himself after raising spectre of legal watchdog
A Victorian Supreme Court judge has recused himself from proceedings over costs in a construction dispute, after vowing to send transcripts of the case to the state's legal watchdog.
Take-Two wins temporary block of Grand Theft Auto alterations
Take-Two Interactive has won a temporary injunction blocking a gamer from making unauthorised changes to its popular Grand Theft Auto video game.
Judge bars 7-Eleven from WhatsApp message to class
7-Eleven has lost its bid to use a confidential bulletin sent to class members via WhatsApp as defence evidence in an ongoing franchisee class action, with a judge rejecting the company's claims the document was no longer shielded by legal professional privilege.
Judge shoots down Optus challenge to Optum trade mark
Telecom giant Optus has come up short in a Federal Court challenge to trademark registration for health services company Optum, with a judge saying the two company's marks -- despite the difference of just one letter -- were distinct enough.
GSK loses patent infringement appeal over slow-release Panadol
A full bench of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline in a patent infringement case it brought over planned generic versions of its sustained-release Panadol.
VicForests banned from logging in greater glider habitat
An environmental group fighting to protect the threatened greater glider has won a temporary injunction that bans state-owned forestry corporation VicForests from logging in select regions of the Victorian Central Highlands where the marsupial has been found.
Judge to weigh funding deal in Westpac class action
A two-day hearing has been scheduled in the Westpac life insurance class action over a proposed funding arrangement that would give litigation backer JustKapital 30 per cent of any recovery, in addition to costs outlaid by lawyers for the class.
AMP vows to defend two shareholder class actions
AMP says it will "vigorously defend" two class actions by shareholders in the wake of scandalous revelations at the Royal Commission that led to a $2 billion market cap drop.