Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera has launched an appeal of a ruling that it misappropriated the source code of US mobile phone giant Motorola in a case of “substantial industrial theft”.
Telstra and TPG have lost their challenge to the ACCC’s decision refusing authorisation for a $1.8 billion regional network sharing agreement, with the Australian Competition Tribunal finding the deal would increase Telstra’s dominance in the mobile phone market.
A judge has approved the discontinuance of an underpayments class action against Tandem, saying it would be “inutile” to press forward with the case after the telco contractor entered administration.
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.
Telstra and TPG have asked the Competition Tribunal to undo the ACCC’s rejection of their proposed regional network sharing agreement, but fellow telco Optus has warned the deal would kneecap its ability to compete.
Optus has been hit with a class action on behalf of current and former customers whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach last September that affected up to 10 million people.
Telecommunications giant Singtel Optus has been barred from promoting various products using the word ‘boost’ until an intellectual property suit brought by Boost Mobile is resolved.
Boost Mobile has sued telecommunications giant Singtel Optus, alleging it “misappropriated” its goodwill by marketing services under a similar product name after Boost chose to move its mobile network to Telstra.
The ACCC’s rejection of a regional network arrangement between Telstra and TPG was “confusing” and the telecos might be free to vary the transaction, says a judge who is overseeing a challenge to the competition regulator’s decision.
Optus has won more time to bring a counterclaim in a $100 million lawsuit by mobile retailer TeleChoice alleging it was misled when the telecommunications giant claimed it would earn the same revenue as in an agreement that was being negotiated with Telstra.