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Ashurst to open office in South Korea
Business of Law 2022-11-29 10:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ashurst will open an office in Seoul through after a joint venture with a local firm won approval in a legal market first.

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A2 Milk faces latest attack on ‘A2’ trade marks
Intellectual Property 2022-11-02 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Infant formula maker Care A2 Plus has launched an attack on A2 Milk, filing a lawsuit arguing the dairy giant’s trade marks should be cancelled because they’re too generic and are being used to sell products that don’t exclusively contain the a2 protein.

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Finish detergent maker says trade mark judgment doesn’t wash
Appeals 2022-10-31 2:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The maker of Finish dishwashing products has appealed a judgment that removed two of its trade marks for non-use and rejected its claim that a competitor’s logo was deceptively similar.

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Biogen, Pharmacor lay down swords in battle over MS drug patent
Intellectual Property 2022-10-31 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen and Australian generic drug maker Pharmacor have dropped their claims against one another in a lawsuit over the patent for MS drug Tecfidera. In an October 14 order by Federal Court Justice Helen Rofe, Biogen’s infringement claims and Pharmacor’s cross-claims seeking to invalidate the lucrative patent were discontinued by consent without…

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Ashurst lures back lawyer from Clayton Utz to grow digital economy team
Business of Law 2022-10-31 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

As part of expansion plans for its Canberra office, Ashurst has brought back Mathew Baldwin as a partner in its digital economy team to advise federal government agencies in digital and data projects.

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University of Sydney unfairly axed lecturer over swastika image, court finds
Employment 2022-10-28 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the University of Sydney unlawfully terminated the employment of a political economy lecturer who was fired for conduct that included showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag.

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ANZ cops $25M penalty for short-changing half a million Breakfree customers
Financial Services 2022-10-26 12:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has hit ANZ with a $25 million penalty in a case by the corporate regulator that alleged the bank short-changed hundreds of thousands of customers to the tune of $200 million.

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Judge who represented Sydney Trains won’t recuse herself from fight with union
Employment 2022-10-24 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected a bid by the Australian rail union to recuse herself from hearing its case against Sydney Trains that seeks approval to deactivate Opal readers amid protracted industrial action, despite having represented the rail operator when she was a barrister last year. 

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Judge frowns on workers’ bid to shut down Opal in Sydney trains dispute
Employment 2022-10-21 4:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has raised concerns about a bid by the rail workers union for a judicial “green light” to deactivate ticket readers as part of a protracted industrial action in Sydney, saying the court should not be used as an “adviser”.

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Airservices wins reduced penalty in union suit over ‘grey days’ policy
Employment 2022-10-19 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a “manifestly unreasonable” $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.

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