Reckitt Benckiser has brought a claim against its familiar courtroom foe – consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble – over a television commercial and in-store promotion it says violates the consumer laws.
Patent lawyer and inventor Todd Martin will get two days in court to challenge the Australian Patent Office’s decision to reject his innovation for failing the manner of manufacture test, one of two closely watched appeals challenging computer software patent rejections.
Publicly traded law firm Shine Lawyers has assured investors it can wage a successful defence against a $250 million class action claiming the firm misled shareholders about the value of ongoing business activities.
A judge ruled Wednesday that online educator TalentMed violated the copyright of educational materials prep company Career Step when it “cut corners” and lifted text to create a competing course.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it is well positioned to investigate competition in the financial sector, in response to a recent report calling for a dedicated financial services competition regulator.
The class actions against car companies over defective Takata airbags are expected to dramatically grow after the first-of-its-kind mandatory recall announced by the government Wednesday.
Qantas Ground Services has lost its challenge to the Full Fair Work Commission in a dispute with the Transport Workers Union over the classification of the company’s commissionaires, a small group of employees who transport disabled and elderly passengers between terminals.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will review the proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sydney’s WestConnex toll road by the Sydney Transport Partners Consortium for potential competition concerns.
Netgear will provide refunds after misleading customers about remedies available to them on purchasing faulty products, another win for the ACCC even as the consumer regulator fights a recent court ruling over the extent of companies’ remedy disclosure obligations.
A bill introduced this week seeks to crack down on misleading ads by broadband providers, a practice that recently landed broadband providers Telstra and Optus in hot water with Australia’s consumer regulator.