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Finish detergent maker says trade mark judgment doesn’t wash
Appeals 2022-10-31 2:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

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.

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ASIC appeals loss in conflicted remuneration case against CBA
Anna Wilson 2022-10-26 5:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed an appeal after a judge dismissed its case alleging the Commonwealth Bank of Australia accepted conflicted remuneration through the sale of its Essential Super product, finding it was “misconceived”.

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High Court won’t hear appeal in spat with law firm over $24.5M Melbourne development
Alan Herskope 2022-10-20 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined special leave to a former Rigby Cooke client who unsuccessfully challenged the law firm’s win in a dispute over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.

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Airservices wins reduced penalty in union suit over ‘grey days’ policy
Appeals 2022-10-19 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a “manifestly unreasonable” $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.

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Cheese makers challenge Kraft’s ‘parmesan’ trade mark
Appeals 2022-10-17 11:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers who claim Kraft Foods’ ‘Kraft parmesan cheese’ trade will lead customers to believe the food giant’s cheese is made in Italy have taken their fight to the Federal Court.

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James Mawhinney sues ASIC over ‘defamatory’ media release
Appeals 2022-10-17 3:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney has sued the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and its deputy chair Sarah Court, alleging the corporate regulator defamed him in a media release issued last month.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney wants High Court to shut down ASIC case
Appeals 2022-10-12 9:43 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has asked the High Court to overturn his own successful Full Court appeal of a decision that saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.

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High Court ends BHP’s campaign to exclude foreign investors from class action
Alistair Pound 2022-10-12 11:58 am By Christine Caulfield

BHP Group has lost its High Court battle to keep foreign investors from an Australian shareholder class action over the devastating collapse of a Brazilian dam.

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PTTEP’s appeal of class action ruling delayed as lawyers, funder engage in secret stoush
Appeals 2022-10-11 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

PTTEP Australia’s appeal of a class action finding that it breached a duty of care to thousands of farmers impacted by the 2009 Montara oil spill has been put on hold amid a fight between the funder and lawyers that is cloaked in confidentiality.

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Full Court upholds validity of Pfizer’s Dynastat patent
Adrian Ryan 2022-09-30 4:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has thrown out competing appeals of a decision finding Pfizer’s patent for its post-operative injectable painkiller Dynastat is valid and that Australian drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals infringed the patent by selling generic versions of the drug in Australia.

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