Novartis and and generic drug maker Pharmacor have resolved litigation over the Swiss pharmaceutical giant’s patents for blockbuster MS drug Gilenya.
A judge has thrown out competing appeals of a decision finding Pfizer’s patent for its post-operative injectable painkiller Dynastat is valid and that Australian drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals infringed the patent by selling generic versions of the drug in Australia.
A fight has broken out between the litigation funder and the lawyers representing 15,000 seaweed farmers in a class action against oil exploration company PTTEP Australia over a spill at its Montara oil field in the Timor Sea.
Bangkok Broadcasting and Seven Networks have settled two lawsuits over the Thai broadcaster’s registration of ‘7’ marks in Australia.
Online book retailer Booktopia has agreed to a $6 million penalty to resolve action brought by the consumer regulator alleging its refund policy was misleading.
Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies has lost its legal challenge to a decision that rejected a patent for its popular Lightning Link electronic poker machine, after six High Court Justices were equally split on whether it could be patented.
Booktopia has resolved a case by the consumer regulator alleging the online book retailer’s policy that required customers to request a refund within two business days of purchase was misleading.
Virgin Australia will seek to throw out a case brought by former employees over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which a lawyer for Qantas and Jetstar, which are also named in the suit, said “breaks every pleading rule”.
A judge has found that Uniden infringed rival GME’s design patent for a handheld radio, derailing the company’s plan for an Australian launch of two products.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has fired off a lawsuit against four drug companies for allegedly infringing one of its patents for biologic Enbrel by selling a biosimilar of the blockbuster arthritis drug in Australia.