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Wavetrain wants court muzzle on competitor’s bad-mouthing over IP
Intellectual Property 2019-02-11 6:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

Railway technology company Wavetrain Systems has asked the court to bar a competitor started by its former CEO from making allegedly false claims about its patented rail safety devices to clients.

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Macquarie advisers who doctored emails win appeal of ASIC’s 10-year bans
Financial Services 2019-02-08 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two Macquarie Private Wealth advisers have won their appeal of an order by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that banned them for 10 years for falsifying emails and misclassifying client advice.

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AFT not ready to take its medicine for ‘misleading’ Maxigesic ads
Appeals 2019-02-08 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AFT Pharmaceuticals has launched a partial challenge to a court ruling that its Maxigesic ads made a number of misleading claims, including that the drug provides stronger and more effective relief than Reckitt Benckiser’s Nuromol.

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Clive Palmer hit with copyright suit by Universal Music over Twisted Sister song
Intellectual Property 2019-02-08 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clive Palmer is facing the music after riffing off Twisted Sister’s 1980s anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in his election campaign ads, with Universal Music lodging a copyright infringement case against the aspiring MP.

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Sanofi slams judge’s harm assessment in denying injector pen injunction
Intellectual Property 2019-02-08 9:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge that rejected a bid by Sanofi-Aventis for an injunction blocking rival Alphapharm from listing an insulin injector pen on the PBS erred in his consideration of the harm it would face, the drug giant has told the Full Federal Court.

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ASIC targets AMP execs in fees for no service probe, court told
Financial Services 2019-02-08 9:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP executives are the focus of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s investigation of the wealth management firm’s fees for no service scandal, a court heard Friday.

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Acciona mulls settlement with NSW Government in light rail dispute
Construction 2019-02-08 12:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

Acciona Infrastructure and Transport for NSW are currently in settlement talks over a $1.2 billion dispute around the NSW government’s ongoing light rail project in Sydney.

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AMP contractor pleads guilty to stealing customer data
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2019-02-07 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A contractor for wealth manager AMP who was arrested while trying to flee the country has pleaded guilty to stealing customer data.

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Wyeth defends validity of patents in trial over best-selling Prevnar 13 vaccine
Intellectual Property 2019-02-07 11:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth has shot down arguments by rival Merck Sharp & Dohme that its Prevnar 13 vaccine lacked inventiveness, saying during the closing submissions of a high-stakes patent trial that up until it developed the top-selling shot scientists thought there was a “ceiling” of 11 types of pneumococcal bacteria that could be included in a single vaccine.

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Court overturns $2.8M Microsoft IP judgment against computer retailer
Intellectual Property 2019-02-07 10:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Melbourne computer retailer has won its appeal of a $2.8 million damages award for allegedly violating Microsoft’s Windows 7 IP, with a judge overturning the ruling by Justice Alexander ‘Sandy’ Street and ordering a rehearing before a new judge.

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