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Juno Pharmaceuticals has resolved its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that allowed Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics to extend protection of its namesake trade mark into Australia.
Class action report by ALRC recommends sweeping changes
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Law firms would be able to charge contingency fees and the corporate disclosure obligations would go under the microscope as part of a shake-up of the class action regime recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission.
One in five audits lack basis for giving financial reports the all-clear, ASIC finds
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has called for the big accounting firms to focus on “culture and talent” after a new report found one in five audits had no reasonable basis for clearing company financial reports of material misstatements.
Teva sues Pharmacor over Parkinson’s drug patent
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Teva has taken generic drug maker Pharmacor to court for allegedly threatening to infringe its patent for a Parkinson’s drug.
Jones Day snags patent ace from Ashurst
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International law firm Jones Day has expanded its intellectual property team in Sydney, hiring experienced patent litigator Andrew Rankine from Ashurst as its second local partner.
Domino’s franchisee settles $6.1M case alleging false promises about pizza sales
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A franchisee’s $6.1 million case against Domino’s Pizza accusing the fast food chain of misleading him about the sales he could expect from his two Surfers Paradise stores has been resolved out of court.
Ford to face unconscionable conduct claim at marathon PowerShift trial
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Car giant Ford will face a claim of unconsionable conduct in a trial of a class action over its defective PowerShift transmission that is now scheduled to run twice as long as originally thought, but claims on behalf of second-hand Ford vehicle owners are out.
Class action giants to play nice in Brambles class actions
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Responding to a judge’s criticism of the class action “beauty parade”, two rival law firms have come up with a plan to deal with their competing shareholder class actions against Brambles.
Judge rules cattle gene patent can be amended, tosses ‘bizarre’ challenge
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US company Branhaven has won leave to amend its cow genome patent after a judge dismissed opposition by industry bodies Meat & Livestock Australia and Dairy Australia as “flimsy” and “bizarre”.
GPS giants lost their way with ‘lifetime’ claims, ACCC says
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GPS device makers TomTom, Navman and Garmin will no longer claim they offer users lifetime services, after the ACCC flagged the claims for being potentially false, misleading and deceptive.