Litigation

Adelaide-based Mayne Pharma Group has settled its dispute with generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals over patents covering hormone replacement drug IMVEXXY.

Optus has won an appeal against a council's decision to refuse its plan to build a telecommunications tower in Killcare Heights on NSW's Central Coast.

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have sought to declass a group proceeding over waste from the Wittenoom asbestos mines, after the WA government argued claims predating the Federal Court’s class action regime were barred. 

Animal health giant Abbey Laboratories has fought off a challenge to its bid to register 'Virkill' as a trade mark for its disinfectant products, despite an IP Australia delegate finding the name was deceptively similar to its opponent's 'Virukill' mark.

A judge has held that the former environment minister's finding that part of the McPhillamy's gold mine was heritage protected was invalid. 

a2 Milk Company has failed in its bid for removal of a Victorian farmer's trade mark, which includes the symbol 'A2', with IP Australia saying steps taken in preparation for selling products under the mark met the bar for use.

The director of a builder behind an apartment block in Melbourne's Caulfield South has won a challenge to a decision adding him as a respondent in a defects case brought by the development's owners corporation.

A Victorian developer seeking to recover $6.5 million from the builder on a Gardenvale residential project has lost its bid to avoid paying security, with an appeals court finding there was a risk it could not meet an adverse costs order.

Law firm Mills Oakley is seeking summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging it gave negligent advice about demolishing an inherited property, which allegedly resulted in the loss of a capital gains tax exemption.

A contradictor has urged a judge to reject an $18 million settlement in a class action over sinking homes, saying that owners' claims that were excluded had not been fully investigated.