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Zoetis hit with costs in bovine gene patent spat
Intellectual Property 2026-01-22 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Zoetis has been ordered to pay Scidera’s costs of defending an unsuccessful summary dismissal application on a lump sum basis in a dispute over a bovine gene patent, with a judge rejecting its “premature” bid for a set-off. 

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Golden Mile not barred from bringing conversion claim against Lakewood Mining
Energy & Natural Resources 2026-01-22 11:52 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has granted gold milling company Golden Mile leave to redraft its statement of claim in a dispute against Lakewood Mining over Lakewood’s alleged conversion of fresh waste rock. 

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K&L Gates adds energy disputes partner in Sydney
Energy & Natural Resources 2026-01-22 11:01 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

K&L Gates has nabbed an energy disputes expert from Charles Russell Speechlys’ Singapore office to join its partnership.

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Elysium Noosa Resort faces IP suit over rebrand
Intellectual Property 2025-12-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A wellness retreat has launched an intellectual property suit against luxury Queensland resort Elysium Noosa, claiming that a recent rebrand amounts to passing off.

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Judge ‘running out of patience’ in Scidera’s bovine gene patent suit
Intellectual Property 2025-11-11 6:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to order US-based animal genomics company Scidera to file a position statement in its bovine gene patent infringement suit and said she was “running out of patience” after unsuccessful strike-out and summary dismissal applications by the defendants.

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Mobil to cop $16M penalty for misleading consumers about fuel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-11-10 2:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mobil Oil has agreed to pay a $16 million penalty after admitting it ran false ads in far North Queensland claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel with certain benefits, when in fact it was suppling ordinary fuel. 

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Isuzu’s appeal falls short in trade secrets spat with Directed Electronics
Intellectual Property 2025-11-03 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Isuzu has lost an appeal bid to shut down a lawsuit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over alleged trade secrets theft, after an earlier case left it with a $169 million damages bill.

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Scidera’s bovine gene patent suit survives summary dismissal bid
Intellectual Property 2025-10-10 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Animal drug company Zoetis has lost its bid for summary dismissal of claims that it infringed US-based animal genomics company Scidera’s bovine gene patent, with a judge saying its novel arguments were not so clear-cut and needed to be worked out at trial.

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Target, Kmart accused of selling knock-off Van Cleef jewellery
Intellectual Property 2025-09-22 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The owner of luxury brand Van Cleef & Arpels has taken retailers Target and Kmart to court, alleging they infringed its trade marks and violated consumer law by selling jewellery that copy its hallmark clover and flower motifs worn by countless celebrities and royalty.

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Declassing bid fails in class action over ‘cookie cutter’ legal advice
Class Actions 2025-09-09 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The peak body for community legal centres has lost its bid to declass a class action alleging survivors of institutional child sexual abuse who settled their claims under the National Redress Scheme were given negligent ‘cookie cutter’ legal advice.

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