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Bega wins $60M battle with Kraft over peanut butter trade dress rights
Intellectual Property 2019-05-01 3:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kraft Foods has come up short in its high-stakes legal battle against Bega over the right to use its distinctive peanut butter trade dress in Australia, allowing Bega to maintain its hold on the $60 million per year stake in the peanut butter market which it acquired by purchasing Kraft unit Mondelez’s Australian and New Zealand business in 2017.

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Judgment looms in battle over iconic Kraft peanut butter trade dress
Intellectual Property 2019-04-30 10:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Judgment is expected Wednesday in a high-stakes dispute between consumer giants Kraft and Bega over who owns the rights to the signature Kraft peanut butter trade dress in Australia.

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IOOF chair told APRA conflicts of interest were ‘a bit of a non-event’
Financial Services 2019-04-30 5:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former chairman of troubled IOOF told APRA during a review meeting that he “struggled” to think the wealth manager had any conflicts of interest and that the issue was getting too much “airplay”, according to court documents filed recently by the prudential regulator.

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Vocus faces shareholder class action over profit downgrade
Class Actions 2019-04-30 12:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Vocus Group has been hit with a shareholder class action alleging the telecommunications company made misleading statements ahead of a profit downgrade in 2017 that sent the price of shares tumbling.

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B. Braun drops appeal after IV catheter patents invalidated
Intellectual Property 2019-04-29 9:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

German medical device company B. Braun Melsungen has dropped its appeal of a ruling invalidating three of its intravenous catheter patents and finding rival Becton Dickinson did not infringe the patents.

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Quantum used threats to push its property managers on affordable housing scheme participants, ACCC claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-29 12:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The consumer regulator has dragged Western Australia’s Quantum Housing and its sole director to court for allegedly engaging in unconscionable conduct and false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a government-sponsored affordable housing program that incentivises below-market rentals.

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King & Wood Mallesons lands two dispute resolution hotshots
People In The News 2019-04-26 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

International law firm King & Wood Mallesons has nabbed two leading litigators to bolster the ranks of its dispute resolution practice, the firm said Friday.

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Nine defamed British tourist with ‘coward punch’ broadcast, court finds
Defamation 2019-04-26 9:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Nine Network has been ordered to pay a British tourist $100,000 in a defamation suit over a news broadcast that aired following his acquittal on assault charges related to a brawl with rugby player that used the term “coward punch” to describe the dust-up.

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Forex trader Berndale Capital placed into receivership
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-04-26 12:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid for a court order placing Melbourne-based forex trader Berndale Capital into receivership for allegedly failing to safeguard client money.

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Qantas can’t appeal sacked worker’s late unfair dismissal case
Employment 2019-04-24 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has failed in its bid to appeal a decision by the Fair Work Commission to allow a terminated employee’s late unfair dismissal application to proceed because the worker’s solicitor was to blame for the delay.

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