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Clive Palmer agrees to pay indemnity costs in Twisted Sister copyright dispute
Alexander Law 2021-06-22 1:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Billionaire Clive Palmer has agreed to pay part of Universal Music’s costs on an indemnity basis, after a judge found he infringed substantial parts of the copyright for Twister Sister’s rock anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ and ordered him to pay $1.5 million in damages.

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The Beatles hitmaker EMI can’t block ‘Abbey Road’ trade mark
By George Legal 2021-06-04 3:45 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Beatles hit producer EMI has lost its “ambitious” opposition to Australian craft company Spotlight registering ‘Abbey Road’ as a trade mark for its yarn products.

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ClubsNSW can use docs in money laundering whistleblower’s lawsuits
Andrew Harding 2021-06-01 8:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

The association behind over 1,300 clubs in NSW has won court permission to use documents produced in its breach of confidentiality lawsuit against whistleblower Troy Stolz in two other proceedings brought by the former compliance auditor for Fair Work contraventions, defamation and workers compensation.

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Clive Palmer not gonna take it: Appeal filed in Twisted Sister copyright case
Alexander Law 2021-05-31 1:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billionaire Clive Palmer is challenging a ruling that he pay $1.5 million in damages to Universal Music for violating the copyright on Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in a tune for his political ads, saying he should pay only $1 in nominal damages.

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Judge blasts ‘improper’ conduct by lawyers in $553,000 ruling against US rapper The Game
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-05-25 9:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has slammed the “highly improper” conduct of lawyers in a judgment ordering US rapper The Game and his manager to pay over $553,000 to an Australian music promotion company over a cancelled tour in 2017.

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Crown’s Barangaroo casino could open by end of year, but cash is out
Crown Resorts 2021-05-13 4:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Crown Resorts has struck a deal with the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to make all gaming in its casinos cashless to combat money laundering, with the regulator saying its Barangaroo casino in Sydney may open its doors by the end of this year.

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Corner Hotel appeals loss in trade mark fight with jazz club
Appeals 2021-05-07 12:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Corner Hotel is taking another stab at cancelling a rival club’s ‘jazz corner’ and ‘jazz corner hotel trade marks’, after a judge found the marks did not infringe  the famed Richmond pub’s ‘corner’ trade marks.

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Crown class action can access Vic gaming watchdog’s interviews with employees
Class Actions 2021-05-05 1:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

A shareholder class action against Crown Resorts can access transcripts of interviews conducted by the Victorian gaming regulator with former top brass and two Crown employees who were arrested in China in 2016 as part of a crackdown on gambling

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Director can’t represent Oculus in Guvera investor class action
Accounting 2021-04-30 2:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A director of Gold Coast accounting firm Oculus has lost his bid to represent the company in a class action by investors in failed music streaming platform Guvera, with a judge unconvinced the company lacked the means to fund the litigation and finding the director was not suitable to represent the company.

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Clive Palmer hit with $1.5M in damages for ‘contemptuous’ infringment of Twisted Sister anthem
Alexander Law 2021-04-30 10:23 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to pay damages of $1.5 million to Universal Music for his “contemptuous” behaviour in infringing “substantial parts” of Twisted Sister’s 1985 heavy metal hit ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in advertisements for his political party.

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