Most Recent
Influencer wants Google, Microsoft help to find anonymous email sender
A judge has ordered Google and Microsoft to provide a social media influencer with identity information for a host of Gmail and Outlook accounts, after a months-long campaign of alleged malicious messages directed at the influencer’s business partners.
Law firms to compete to run concussion class action against AFL
A judge overseeing five lawsuits seeking compensation on behalf of AFL players who allegedly suffered brain injuries has set the stage for a class action beauty parade, as one law firm flags a possible sixth action.
Facebook agrees to $20M penalty in ACCC case over data privacy app
Facebook has agreed to pay a $20 million penalty for misleading consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private, when in fact it was being collected for commercial use.
Optus to rebrand ‘Boost’ products in trade mark case settlement
Optus has agreed to rebrand products that Boost Tel claimed had infringed on its trade marks, in  a settlement of the rivals' intellectual property spat.
Funder that backed failed IP case appeals indemnity costs ruling
A litigation funder that bankrolled a photographer’s unsuccessful copyright claim against CoreLogic has appealed a ruling ordering if to pay indemnity costs to the property data analytics company.
Singer Katy Perry appeals loss in trade mark stoush with Aussie designer
Pop star Katy Perry has appealed her loss in a long-running trade mark fight with an Australian fashion designer over the right to use her name to sell clothing in Australia.
Class action against KPMG, CuDeco directors wants insurance docs to avoid ‘train wreck’
A shareholder class action against KPMG and the directors of defunct mining company CuDeco is seeking insurance information and a limited number of documents from the directors ahead of mediation, to avoid a "train wreck" of a case, a court has heard.
Settlement in class action against CIMIC unit wins approval
A $438,000 settlement in a class action accusing a unit of engineering company CIMIC of underpaying casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers has won court approval.
L’Oreal loses rights to use Elvive trade mark for beauty products
Skincare giant L’Oreal has lost the rights to use a 23-year-old trade mark for branding some of its products, after a competitor successfully campaigned IP Australia to strike it from the register for non-use. 
Armaguard, Prosegur merger wins clearance from ACCC with conditions
Armaguard and rival Prosegur have secured authorisation for their proposed merger from the ACCC, which has found the likely reduction in competition in the cash transport industry was outweighed by the public benefits of the transaction.