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Ex-Tennis Australia director can’t enforce ‘catch-all’ subpoenas for board member emails
Ex-Tennis Australia director and current Dentons partner Steve Healy, who is facing action by the corporate regulator over the broadcast rights to the Australian Open, has lost a bid for access to six years of emails between two other former board members.
Court blocks Konami’s last-minute defence in damages trial over Aristocrat pokie patent
Gaming and entertainment giant Konami has lost a bid to amend its defence in a patent case by rival Aristocrat Technologies on the second day of a damages hearing, with the judge finding the changes were contrary to the interests of justice and would require postponing the trial until late next year.
Aristocrat goes ‘too far’: Konami tells court pokie patent damages should be proportional
Aristocrat Technology has gone "too far" in seeking full profits from the sale of Konami Australia's infringing pokie machines, with Konami arguing the court should calculate damages in relation to what proportion of its machines were created using components that infringe the gaming giant's patent.
State Street drops Fearless Girl trade mark case against super fund
US asset management firm State Street has dropped its trade mark claims against a second superannuation fund over its iconic Fearless Girl statue, leaving law firm Maurice Blackburn as the lone defendant as a November trial date approaches.
With Full Court still out, judge vacates trial date in Vocation class action
Awaiting a Full Court ruling in a case involving similar claims of privilege against self-incrimination by partners at another accounting giant, the judge in a consolidated class action against PricewaterhouseCoopers over its auditing of the failed Vocation has vacated the February trial date.
Funder in Toyota class action wants up to 30% commission
The litigation funder bankrolling a new class action against Toyota over allegedly faulty filters in its diesel models is looking to earn a step-up commission of between 20 and 30 percent of any recovery in the case.
Aristocrat wins Konami’s tax returns ahead of IP damages hearing
Gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies Australia can look over the tax returns of rival Konami Australia as the two companies prepare for next week's hearing over how much Konami should pay in damages for patent infringement.
BlueScope avoids criminal cartel charges, but exec accused of obstructing ACCC probe
Prosecutors will not lay charges against BlueScope Steel over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy, but its former general manager of sales faces possible jail time after being charged with obstructing the ACCC's investigation.
Seiko wins general injunction against Calidad in ink cartridge patent case
Imposing an injunction in general form against a patent infringer is not an undue burden in and of itself, the Full Federal Court has ruled in siding with printer giant Seiko Epson in its ongoing intellectual property fight with cartridge reseller Calidad.
Businessman Charif Kazal gets last chance to fix ‘incomprehensible’ case against Gilbert + Tobin
A judge has given Sydney businessman Charif Kazal a third and final opportunity to replead his “simply incomprehensible” case against Gilbert + Tobin over the law firm's involvement in a business dispute concerning a lucrative waste facility, despite saying it took “an entire week to understand the arcane obscurities” of the pleading.