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A trade mark stoush between the owners of coffee brands Moccona and Vittoria is “all about whether people think a jar means Moccona”, a court has heard.
Ex-Western Bulldogs player sues AFL, club over concussions
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Retired Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken has filed a lawsuit against the AFL, his former club and two club doctors over the alleged mismanagement of head injuries he says left him unable to pursue a post-football career.
Facebook to cop penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ data protection app
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Facebook will face a penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it misled consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private.
Insurer must indemnify church for historic sex abuse claims
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Allianz must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar, a judge has found.
7-Eleven loses appeal of $595,000 judgment for misleading franchisee
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Convenience store giant 7-Eleven has lost its appeal of a $595,000 judgment handed down after a court found a franchisee signed a franchise agreement and invested almost $796,000 into a Melbourne store under false pretences.
Full Court to decide whether employment class actions ever allowed
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The question of whether judges have the power to hear employment cases as representative proceedings is headed to the Full Court after a union raised the issue as it battles to have its underpayments case against McDonald’s run instead of a Shine Lawyers class action.
Court warns of ‘dangers’ of defamation suits, awards Google reviewer indemnity costs
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A judge who tossed a house painter’s case over a one-star Google review has awarded partial indemnity costs to the critic and said her order should serve as a lesson about the “catastrophic” costs of defamation cases.
Judge troubled by class action firm’s costs, union’s delay in rival McDonald’s cases
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A judge is weighing up a law firm’s high legal costs against a union’s “bizarre” delay in a stoush over who should run a case against McDonald’s alleging 100,000 workers were denied rest breaks.
Prosecutors want prison sentence for CEO in Sydney waste cartel case
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The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries should be sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney, a court has heard.
TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
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The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.