Infant formula maker Care A2 Plus has launched an attack on A2 Milk, filing a lawsuit arguing the dairy giant’s trade marks should be cancelled because they’re too generic and are being used to sell products that don’t exclusively contain the a2 protein.
Lendlease and other major builders have secured a significant victory in a long-running case brought by the liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group, with a judge saying Hastie wasn’t entitled to the proceeds of bank guarantees withdrawn by the builders when it collapsed 10 years ago.
A judge has slammed Domino’s for its “entirely unsatisfactory” opening submissions in an underpayments class action, warning the pizza giant not to hide arguments and evidence up its sleeve.
A judge has criticised the applicant in a class action against failed asset manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments for filing court documents late, as he prepares to grapple with an imminent competing class action.
Pauline Hanson has appealed a defamation judgment ordering her to pay $250,000 to former colleague Brian Burston for “seriously damaging” and malicious comments made in a Today Show interview.
Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen and Australian generic drug maker Pharmacor have dropped their claims against one another in a lawsuit over the patent for MS drug Tecfidera. In an October 14 order by Federal Court Justice Helen Rofe, Biogen’s infringement claims and Pharmacor’s cross-claims seeking to invalidate the lucrative patent were discontinued by consent without…
The maker of Finish dishwashing products has appealed a judgment that removed two of its trade marks for non-use and rejected its claim that a competitor’s logo was deceptively similar.
A judge overseeing two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has rejected a bid for a private costs assessor by Adero Law, which will now go unpaid until at least January.
Digital giant Meta can access information on crypto tokens issued to fund a class action over Facebook’s ban on cryptocurrency ads, but the identities of those who have bought the tokens can be kept under wraps.
A judge has found that the University of Sydney unlawfully terminated the employment of a political economy lecturer who was fired for conduct that included showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag.