A judge has refused to summarily dismiss a claim that the Federal Court has inherent power to order the winding up of a foreign company even if the company has no business in Australia and is not subject to the Corporations Act.
German medical device company B. Braun Melsungen has dropped its appeal of a ruling invalidating three of its intravenous catheter patents and finding rival Becton Dickinson did not infringe the patents.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed appeals by both parties to a ruling that dismissed allegations of infringement of a patent for an industrial machine safety system that uses laser fields to detect hazards.
Fairfax Media has asked a court to lift a suppression order on the name of a proposed witness the Daily Telegraph had sought to call in Geoffrey Rush’s defamation trial, which the actor won earlier this month.
The consumer regulator has dragged Western Australia’s Quantum Housing and its sole director to court for allegedly engaging in unconscionable conduct and false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a government-sponsored affordable housing program that incentivises below-market rentals.
Flight Centre has been hit with legal action on behalf of employees accusing the travel giant of short-changing its workers through commission-based payments.
International law firm King & Wood Mallesons has nabbed two leading litigators to bolster the ranks of its dispute resolution practice, the firm said Friday.
Security guard union United Voice has lost a challenge to a ruling that found Wilson Security could legally allocate overtime to Sundays over a four-week roster to avoid paying penalty rates.
Nine Network has been ordered to pay a British tourist $100,000 in a defamation suit over a news broadcast that aired following his acquittal on assault charges related to a brawl with rugby player that used the term “coward punch” to describe the dust-up.
Energy drink giant Red Bull has won judgment against South Korea’s Bullsone in a battle over the auto parts company’s Australian trade mark for a leaping red and black bull.
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