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Bega triumphs again in $60M battle over peanut butter IP rights
Intellectual Property 2020-04-14 3:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kraft has lost an appeal in its high-stakes legal battle against Bega over the right to use its distinctive peanut butter trade dress in Australia.

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Land developer Tina Bazzo loses fight to keep liquidators’ examinations secret
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-04-09 4:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

WA-based land developer Tina Bazzo and her partner Allen Caratti have failed in their challenge to a ruling that liquidators’ examinations should not be held in private despite a large scale ongoing criminal investigation of the pair.

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Global teleco BT sues former COO for jumping ship to Japan’s NTT
Employment 2020-04-09 2:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian arm of global telecommunications firm BT Group has filed legal action against a former chief operating officer who jumped ship to Japanese competitor NTT.

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Fair trial not possible in virtual courtroom, says judge overseeing Obeid, Macdonald case
White Collar 2020-04-08 10:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A fair trial cannot be conducted in a virtual courtroom, the judge overseeing the criminal case against former NSW Labor ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald has said in adjourning their hearing for five months.

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Funding blocked in Clive Palmer class action until appeal heard
Class Actions 2020-04-08 7:59 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Funding for a class action over the troubled Coolum Palmer Resort has been temporarily blocked while a company owned by Clive Palmer appeals a judgment in a separate lawsuit lodged by the billionaire to thwart the class action.

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Victoria Beckham loses opposition to skincare company’s trade marks
Intellectual Property 2020-04-08 7:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fashion designer Victoria Beckham has lost her opposition to two trade marks owned by Sydney-based skincare company VB Skinlab, despite IP Australia finding the former Spice Girl’s VB marks have a reputation in Australia.

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Seven West sues Bauer to keep $40M acquisition on track
Corporate 2020-04-08 2:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Seven West Media has filed a lawsuit against Bauer Media to compel the German company to complete its planned $40 million acquisition of the Australian media giant’s Pacific Magazines unit.

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Former AMP general counsel says document claim ‘tantamount to extortion’
Employment 2020-04-08 1:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former general counsel who claims she was sacked from AMP after raising concerns about the company’s fees for no services conduct has mostly succeeded in her bid for further particulars of allegations made in the company’s defence, including a claim that she called “tantamount to extortion”.

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Katy Perry wins bid to split up trial in battle over name rights
Intellectual Property 2020-04-08 11:40 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Pop star Katy Perry has won her bid to split up the trial in high-stakes litigation with a Sydney-based fashion designer over who owns the rights to the ‘Katy Perry’ name in Australia.

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Aldi takes another shot at misleading conduct case against TWU
Appeals 2020-04-07 6:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

German grocery store Aldi Foods has appealed a Federal Court decision dismissing its case against the Transport Workers Union on a “legal technicality” despite a finding that material disseminated by the union was likely to mislead.

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