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Amazon settles pregnancy discrimination suit by factory worker
Consumer Goods 2022-05-27 10:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Amazon has settled a lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of violating the Fair Work Act by refusing to give an applicant a job because was pregnant.

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Uniden found to have infringed radio design patent of rival GME
Angus Lang 2022-05-23 3:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that Uniden infringed rival GME’s design patent for a handheld radio, derailing the company’s plan for an Australian launch of two products.

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GetSwift, directors drop appeal of judgment on ‘PR-driven’ approach to disclosures
Alan Shearer 2022-05-16 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Logistics company GetSwift and its directors have dropped their challenge to a judgment that found the company breached its continuous disclosure obligations with its “PR-driven” approach to ASX statements.

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High Court KOs Repipe’s fight over patents for computer-implemented tech
Angus Lang 2022-05-11 1:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has rejected plumbing company Repipe’s application to hear its case centred on the question of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, saying the case was not an appropriate vehicle for special leave.

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Google fends off appeal in doctor’s defamation case over hyperlinks
Defamation 2022-05-09 2:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google has fought off a legal challenge to a decision rejecting a South Australian doctor’s bid to access search data and internal company documents in her second defamation claim against the tech giant over alleged defamatory material in search results.

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Apple faces battle to protect Touch ID source code in patent stoush
Angus Lang 2022-05-06 2:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple is “unlikely” to avoid production of the source code for its Touch ID and Face ID technology to an Australian non-practicing entity that has sued the Silicon Valley company for patent infringement, a judge has said.

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Lawyers will try to serve missing Big Un founder on LinkedIn
ASIC 2022-05-03 5:16 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has given the liquidators of Big Un the go-ahead to serve the director of the collapsed video company through his LinkedIn account after several unsuccessful attempts to contact him about proceedings accusing him and others of violating their directors’ duties.

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Judge erred in finding AI can be patent inventor, Full Court says
Allens 2022-04-14 3:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Court has overturned a landmark judgment which found artificial intelligence can be named as an inventor on patent applications, in a decision which brings Australia in line with findings from courts in the UK, US and EU.

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Former lead auditor of Big Un charged with making false statement
Accounting 2022-04-11 1:17 pm By Sam Matthews

Another auditor has landed in hot water over collapsed video company Big Un’s 2017 independent audit, with the lead accountant charged with making a false or misleading statement.

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Lawyers the only winners in Guvera class action settlement, judge says
Bounty Law 2022-04-08 5:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $155,000 settlement in a class action on behalf of investors in failed streaming platform Guvera which racked up $500,000 in legal fees, saying the case should never have been filed as a class action and didn’t advance group members’ interests “one iota”.

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