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Katy Perry says Full Court got it right in trade mark spat with designer
Singer Katy Perry has asked the High Court to uphold the Full Court’s decision to knock out the ‘Katie Perry’ mark of an Australian fashion designer, as it gears up to hear an appeal raising issues about the construction of key provisions of the Trade Marks Act.
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High Court asked to review price cut on land acquired for Melbourne freeway
The owners of land acquired to build a Melbourne freeway have asked the High Court to overturn an "erroneous" appeals court decision which left them with $2 million for land worth over $30 million, saying the case raises important questions about the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act. 
Split hearings involving credit ‘untenable’ if High Court backs recusal, judge says
The common practice of splitting hearings on questions of liability and penalty may become “completely untenable” when there are credit issues, if the High Court upholds a recent recusal decision, a judge has said.
Zip wants High Court to resolve honest use split in trade mark rulings
Zip Co wants the High Court to weigh in on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark infringement cases, pointing to a “glaring inconsistency” between two recent rulings.
CFMEU challenge to administration fails at High Court
The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws were enacted with the illegitimate aim of suppressing the union’s political activities.
High Court asked to hear Ben Roberts-Smith case against Nine
Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is digging in with his attack on a judge's findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, asking the High Court to find in his favour in a defamation case against Nine.
BHP class action loses bid to have High Court weigh in on group member definition
The High Court has rejected a special leave application from a shareholder class action against BHP asking it to clarify the correct approach to construing the group member definition.
Cantarella loses bid to have honest concurrent user ‘conundrum’ resolved by High Court
The High Court has declined coffee maker Cantarella's special leave application arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the 'Oro' trade mark, which was first used by another coffee maker.
High Court to review Macdonald, Obeids convictions
The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.