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ACCC wants $1.5M fine against struggling debt collector
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-11 9:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

The consumer watchdog has sought more than $1.5 million in penalties against debt collector ACM Group after the company was found liable for harassing vulnerable customers, but a judge on Tuesday questioned whether the fine, which could leave the company insolvent, was too punitive.

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IP Australia to call for dismissal of novel building patent case
Intellectual Property 2018-12-11 3:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commissioner of Patents will seek to toss a case simultaneously challenging its decisions to accept, grant and certify an innovation patent owned by one of Australia’s biggest building product firms.

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After settlement rejected, ASIC takes Westpac case to trial
Financial Services 2018-12-10 1:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

The corporate cop’s case against Westpac over allegedly irresponsible lending practices will go to trial after the Federal Court rejected the bank’s $35 million settlement.

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Sacked HWL lawyer’s defence of client criticisms an ‘untenable stretch,’ court hears
Employment 2018-12-05 10:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

Former HWL Ebsworth special counsel Dr Gary Rumble’s insistence that he believed he had carte blanche to criticise one of the law firm’s clients is an “untenable stretch,” the Federal Court heard Wednesday.

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In tossing Made In Australia case, court clarifies ‘substantial transformation’ test
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-12-03 8:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has ruled that Chinese vitamin company Nature’s Care cannot sell its imported fish oil and vitamin D with the ‘Made in Australia’ logo because the product fails to meet the required country-of-origin labelling provisions.

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Art collectors won’t get their day in court against failed auction house Mossgreen
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-11-28 3:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge overseeing the complex liquidation of failed auction house Mossgreen has denied leave to proceed to vendors who received nothing from the sale of their art collections.

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Motorola to bring copyright claims against Hytera
Intellectual Property 2018-11-16 9:56 pm By Miklos Bolza

Motorola Solutions wants to amend its pleadings in an ongoing patent case against Shenzen-based Hytera Communications to add copyright claims relating to the source code for the radio devices at the centre of the dispute.

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Court rejects Westpac’s $35M settlement with ASIC
Financial Services 2018-11-13 11:41 am By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has thrown out a proposed $35 million settlement between ASIC and Westpac over responsible lending breaches, saying the agreement was “unworkable” and left the court in an “information vacuum”.

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‘Ingenuity’ needed for software-aided biz method patent, IP Australia says
Intellectual Property 2018-11-09 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

A software-implemented business method could be patentable if programmed into a computer with “some ingenuity”, IP Australia told the Full Federal Court as a landmark appeal between rival tech companies Encompass and Infotrack wrapped up Friday.

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Full Court urged to take ‘nuanced’ view of software patentability
Intellectual Property 2018-11-08 8:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

Fintech company Encompass has asked the Full Federal Court to take a more “nuanced” approach to software patentability than the one currently held by IP Australia, on the first day of a high-stakes appeal over the patentability of computer-related inventions.

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