Famed restaurant chain Momofuku has lost its challenge to the ‘Momofuku’ word mark of instant noodle giant Nissin, with IP Australia finding consumers were not likely to be deceived or confused because of the different goods and services provided by the two companies.
The Fair Work Commission has allowed a Queensland solicitor’s claim that she was dismissed because of her recently announced pregnancy to move forward.
Dairy company Fonterra is reportedly challenging a court’s refusal to give it certainty over lucrative licence agreements with Bega Cheese as it pursues a sale of its Australian business.
Hungry Jack’s has paid over $150,000 in penalties for allegedly breaking the Australian Consumer Law by failing to comply with button battery standards with its ‘burping Garfield’ kids meal toy.
The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging police conducted thousands of unlawful strip searches at music festivals in NSW has sought $130,000 in damages on the first day of trial against the state.
Woodside is facing another legal challenge to its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project, in what an environmental group called a “test case” for how NOPSEMA will assess greenhouse gas emissions from energy projects.
Developer VSD Investments has failed in its novel argument for keeping Builtcom from the proceeds of a successful $8.5 million payment claim for work on a Sydney project.
The former CEO of School Infrastructure NSW directed a $20 million contract to friends — a former PwC partner and the head of a consulting firm — without disclosing any conflicts, according to an ICAC inquiry.
A stay of a $37 million 2023 judgment in favour of the company behind an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford NSW against the Australian arm of China’s Shanxi Construction Investment Group has been extended.
Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy can access the content of email inboxes of two senior executives at engineering firm CITIC in a feud over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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