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Apple has succeeded in registering its designs for a battery and virtual reality headset cushion, with an IP Australia delegate finding the designs are new and distinctive.
Sleeping Duck settles case against former CFO
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Melbourne mattress and bedding start-up Sleeping Duck has settled a suit against its former chief financial officer, who has admitted to breaching confidentiality obligations to the company by disclosing information to a competitor.
Fight erupts over experts in data-scraping case against CoreLogic
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Real estate data company BCI and US analytics firm CoreLogic are fighting over expert evidence in a novel IP case over alleged data scraping, with CoreLogic saying a report by BCI’s accountant makes changes to its case two months out from trial.
SCU tutor loses suit over school’s failure to provide special chair
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A tribunal has found that Southern Cross University did not discriminate against a former employee by requesting medical evidence before providing him with an ergonomic chair during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Allens nabs corporate partner from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Allens has lured a senior corporate partner from rival firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
Liberty Steel wants Greensill administrators’ case put on ice
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Two Liberty Steel companies want a case brought in NSW by administrators for collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill to be put on hold while a related case in the UK is on foot.
Coles, Hungry Jack’s face class actions over Sunday pay
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Supermarket giant Coles and fast-food chain Hungry Jack’s are among companies facing class actions by South Australian employees over Sunday pay entitlements.
$40M suit against real estate investors spiked amid HK criminal case
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Lawsuits against a Chinese real estate investor and his mother involving transactions linked to Sam Fayad’s Dyldam Group have been paused pending criminal proceedings against the pair in Hong Kong.
Builder wants personal costs order for ‘overly aggressive’ case
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A Victorian construction company is seeking indemnity costs against the company that unsuccessfully pursued a winding-up application against it, as well as a personal costs order against its director.
Court OKs unusual time limit on Tamworth industrial site development
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A court has upheld a three-year time limit attached to a council’s development consent for a local distribution centre at a proposed industrial precinct in Tamworth, NSW.