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The Full Court has poured cold water on Vittoria Cantarella’s hopes of reviving its ‘Oro’ trade marks, finding a judge did not err in concluding the marks were already used by another coffee maker.
Seven, reporter win strike-out bid in AFL player’s defamation case
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Seven can strike out part of West Coast Eagles player Jack Darling’s suit alleging it was the ‘publisher’ of allegedly defamatory articles in The West Australian that accused him of being anti-vax.
Spat over Fonterra’s Australian departure lands Bega in court
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Cheese company Bega has landed itself in court over concerns Fonterra’s divestment of its Australian dairy business will infringe on a longstanding trade mark licence.
Epiroc resolves feud with Rio Tinto unit over drilling patent
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BHP and mining equipment company Epiroc Australia have resolved a lawsuit by Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources over a patent for an autonomous drilling system.
Clayton Utz snags EY risk advisory pro
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Risk advisory expert Doug Nixon has joined Clayton Utz as a partner after 20 years at Ernst & Young.
Carnival wins approval of settlement in P&O ‘cruise from hell’ class action
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A court has signed off on a $2.4 million settlement in a class action against Carnival over a seven-day South Pacific voyage that sailed into a Category 5 cyclone.
AAI class action trial delayed as firm waits for $1.7M bank guarantee
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Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.
Court invalidates Otsuka’s patent for injectable Abilify
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Generic drug maker Sun Pharma has succeeded in invalidating Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s patent for an injectable, controlled release form of the Japanese drug maker’s top-selling antipsychotic Abilify.
Development manager behind $2.7B STH BNK project owes $100M
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The development management company behind the $2.7 billion STH BNK project, which was placed in administration last week, owes creditors — including lawyers, consultants and designers — over $100 million.
S&P fails in bid for all class action expert evidence to be thrown out
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Ahead of an eight-week trial in an investor class action in July, ratings agency S&P has lost its bid to throw out the entirety of the expert evidence in the case.