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Difflam maker sues Reckitt Benckiser over ads for rival Strepfen lozenges
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-01 10:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian maker of Difflam has taken UK consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser to court over ads for Strepfen that claim the rival lozenges provide ‘longer lasting relief’ from sore throats.

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Aristocrat fights ruling dismissing its patents as ‘game rules’
Intellectual Property 2018-07-31 10:41 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Aristocrat Technologies is pushing on with its bid for four innovation gaming patents, after a delegate for IP Australia revoked the patents because they amounted to nothing more than ‘games and game rules’.

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Squire Patton Boggs involvement can’t doom gold mine arbitration
Contracts 2018-07-30 11:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found an arbitration proceeding between Eastern Goldfields Ltd and GR Engineering Services over a $12.5 million gold mine contract can proceed despite the involvement of Squire Patton Boggs and another party in the dispute.

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Johnson Winter & Slattery dragged into Vocation class action
Class Actions 2018-07-26 1:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Johnson Winter & Slattery has been pulled into a class action against failed educational training company Vocation and its auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, with the auditor saying the firm’s advice to Vocation constituted misleading and deceptive conduct.

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Sony, Universal, Warner Music join case against Copyright Tribunal
Intellectual Property 2018-07-23 9:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

Entertainment industry titans Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music and Warner Music have joined an appeal to the Full Federal Court challenging a licence granted by the Copyright Tribunal of Australia to Foxtel for the rights to certain yet-to-be-broadcast content and streaming rights.

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Aristocrat wants tens of millions in pokie IP case
Intellectual Property 2018-07-18 10:02 pm By Miklos Bolza

Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies is seeking damages in the “high tens of millions of dollars” from rival Konami Australia, after the poker machine developer was found liable for patent infringement.

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Costs in “Love is in the Air” IP case ballooning, court told
Intellectual Property 2018-07-17 10:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

The costs of defending a copyright case over the disco hit “Love is in the Air” are out of control and could exceed any amount recovered, members of US band Glass Candy told a federal court judge, as they faced off against co-defendant Air France in an unsuccessful bid to consolidate the liability and costs phases of the case.

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SNF’s decade-long battle over BASF mine patents comes to a close
Intellectual Property 2018-07-17 9:26 am By Christine Caulfield

A patent dispute between SNF and BASF that started in 2008 and went all the way to the High Court has come to an end, with the chemical giants appearing to have settled what remained of their hard-fought battle.

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Class seeks to slash Quinn Emanuel, Vannin’s fees by millions
Class Actions 2018-07-04 10:52 pm By Miklos Bolza

The lead applicant in a resolved class action against Bank of Queensland has argued law firm Quinn Emanuel and litigation funder Vannin Capital should have their costs slashed by millions of dollars, saying their fees left little of the settlement for group members.

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Herbert Smith Freehills wins case over United’s failed IPO
Corporate 2018-06-26 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Herbert Smith Freehills has prevailed in a suit by United Petroleum alleging the law firm and former United chairman Martin Hudson breached their duties to the company when they pulled a planned initial public offering in 2016.

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