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A proposed Novartis patent for an oral form of its top-selling multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya is invalid for lack of inventive step, IP Australia has found, but gave the pharmaceutical giant a chance to amend.
Paltar Petroleum to be wound up after judge finds ‘too much uncertainty’ in DOCA
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Oil exploration company Paltar Petroleum will be wound up after a judge rejected a proposed deed of company arrangement as containing “too much uncertainty”.
Aussie boot maker ordered to pay $450,000 for infringing Deckers’ UGG trade mark
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A Chicago jury has ordered an Australian maker of ugg boots to pay US-based footwear company Deckers Outdoor US$450,000 ($643,000) in damages for infringing the company’s trade mark.
La Trobe University academics can’t keep names secret in law school head’s legal action
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Two female academics who made complaints of bullying against the head of La Trobe University’s law school and were named in his legal action against the university over his subsequent suspension have lost a bid to keep their identities under wraps.
Hutchinson Builders resolves case against ACCC over notice to produce
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Private construction company Hutchinson Builders has resolved a lawsuit it brought against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission seeking to quash what it called an invalid notice to produce documents to the regulator, which has vowed to bring cases against the construction industry this year.
Judge shoots down ASIC’s ‘amorphous’ request for inquiry into liquidators
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A judge has dismissed an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to investigate two Sydney-based liquidators, saying the regulator had failed to prove its suspicions about the pair.
Brambles shareholder class actions consolidated despite stalemate between firms
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A judge has consolidated two shareholder class actions brought against chain logistics company Brambles by Slater & Gordon and Maurice Blackburn, despite the rival firms failing to reach an agreement on the terms of the consolidation following a judge’s criticism of the class action “beauty parade”.
Geoffrey Rush slams Nationwide for ‘doubling down’ on defamatory imputations
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Actor Geoffery Rush has accused the Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News of “doubling down” on its defamatory allegations and attacking the vindication he received in winning his defamation case against the publisher.
‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation case revealed as actress Yael Stone
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Orange Is The New Black star Yael Stone, who has accused Geoffrey Rush in interviews of lewd behaviour toward her, can be revealed as the witness who unsuccessfully sought to give evidence at trial in Rush’s defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News.
Quintis class action trial could be two years away, with ASIC case to run first
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The Quintis shareholder class action trial could be delayed for almost two years, while ASIC runs its civil proceedings case against the founder of the sandalwood oil production company.