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The Federal Court has ordered former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell to pay a $90,000 penalty after a "narrow" win for ASIC in its case over the domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open.
Billionaire Clive Palmer has claimed that he wrote the lyrics to 'Australia's Not Gonna Cop It' in the early hours of the morning while "deep in contemplation" at his bedside, telling the Federal Court that the song was inspired by the Peter Finch film 'Network' and not Twisted Sister's rock anthem.
Heavy metal singer Dee Snider has admitted under cross-examination that 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' influenced Twisted Sister's rock anthem 'We're Not Gonna Take It' but denied that he had "borrowed" elements of the Christmas carol for the 1985 hit.
Universal Music has accused Clive Palmer of "burning, notorious" copyright infringement by using a rewritten version of Twisted Sister's smash hit We're Not Gonna Take It in a series of "grating and annoying" political ads.
Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has lost his bid to vacate a trial scheduled to start next week in a high-stakes lawsuit alleging he committed copyright infringement by using Twister Sister's 1980s rock anthem 'We're Not Gonna Take It' in campaign ads for his United Australia Party without a licence.
A judge has issued a broader injunction barring Air France from using the song 'Love Is In The Air' than the one proposed by the airline, after finding an Oregon electronic duo's song which was licenced to Air France copied the 1977 disco hit.
US drug company Merck Sharp & Dohme has settled trade mark litigation brought by German drug maker Merck KGaA alleging it violated a 1970 agreement by using the "Merck" mark in Australia.
ASIC's case against GetSwift and its founders Joel Macdonald and Bane Hunter makes accusations against both directors but relies on alleged conduct by only Hunter, a lawyer for Macdonald has told a court on the last day of trial in the corporate regulator's case.
The Federal Court has granted a bid by global solar cell manufacturer Hanwha to amend the patent behind its solar technology at the centre of a hotly contested infringement case against three rivals.
German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer has partially succeeded in its opposition to several vaccine patents filed by animal health company Zoetis, used to treat pneumonia in pigs.