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Orthalign loses suit against Navbit over hip surgery patent
US-based medical device maker OrthAlign has lost its lawsuit alleging Sydney-based surgical technology company Navbit infringed its patent for a technology used to guide the positioning of artificial hip joints during surgery.
Actelion, Janssen file infringement cases over blood pressure drugs
Swiss drug companies Actelion and J&J's Janssen-Cilag have brought litigation against three generics makers over their plans to launch cheaper versions of two blood pressure medications.
a2 Milk files appeal in trade mark battle with Vic farmer
a2 Milk Company is challenging a decision that found a Victorian farmer's preparatory steps to selling products under a 23-year-old trade mark incorporating the 'A2' symbol met the bar for establishing use of the mark.
Nature’s Way wins challenge to Chinese supplement maker’s Nature’s Bay TM
IP Australia has ruled in favour of supplement maker Nature’s Way, finding that the registration of a Chinese competitor’s ‘Nature’s Bay’ trade mark was likely to cause consumer confusion. 
Rejecting trade mark, delegate says ‘tadka’ describes Indian cooking technique
A Sydney-based spice wholesaler has lost its bid to register a trade mark containing the word 'Tadka', with a delegate finding the word describes an Indian cooking technique.
HSF Kramer poaches Squire Patton Boggs restructuring partner
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has hired a finance and restructuring partner from Squire Patton Boggs, as the firm expands its capital solutions offering.
Court to mull if PFAS class actions can ‘freshen up’ limitations period in 3M case
3M has told a judge that a key issue in the Commonwealth’s $2 billion case over PFAS contamination will be whether class action settlements can mitigate its limitations defence to a misleading and deceptive conduct claim. 
NSW Liberal Party settles class action over missed nomination deadline
A settlement has been reached in a class action brought on behalf of 120 Liberal candidates who were ineligible for election after the party missed the nomination deadline.
Select Footy drops anti-competitive deal claim from AFL card case
Select Footy Card has revised its case against memorabilia maker Sport Entertainment Products, maintaining a misuse of market power claim but scrapping its allegation SEP's deal with a rival breached competition law.
‘Spectacular waste of time’: REST class action resists soft class closure
A class action against REST Super has opposed a bid for 'soft' class closure, arguing that registration numbers will provide very little information about the group at this stage.