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Former boss of music streaming platform Guvera disqualified for 2 years
Article 2020-01-14 10:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The head of failed global music streamer Guvera has been banned by the corporate regulator from managing corporations for two years for failing to avoid conflicts of interest or pay the company’s taxes.

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Corrs partner on the hook for security in DNA patent appeal
Appeals 2020-01-06 5:32 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth who successfully opposed a genome editing patent by ToolGen, and a corporate predecessor of law firm Ashurst, have been ordered to pay $375,000 in security in an appeal launched by the South Korean biotech firm.

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ACCC to get $26.9M boost to crack down on Google, Facebook
ACCC 2019-12-12 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will get an additional $26.9 million to take on Google and Facebook, but the Federal Government will proceed more slowly in implementing some of the more wide-ranging proposals in the regulator’s final digital platforms report, including suggested changes to privacy and merger review laws.

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Judge allows hindsight evidence in lawsuit over Metal Storm’s collapse
Anthony McGrath 2019-12-04 3:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A US institutional investor can use hindsight evidence in its breach of contract case against a former ANZ Bank trustee over the winding up of failed defence tech firm Metal Storm.

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Hytera can argue Motorola should have alerted it to stolen IP sooner, Full Court says
Angus Lang 2019-11-29 2:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Full Federal Court has handed a win to Hytera in its high-stakes intellectual property litigation with Motorola, allowing the Chinese radio manufacturer to file an amended defence arguing Motorola should have alerted it to the alleged theft of its source code by former employees sooner.

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Struggling tech firm Irexchange accused of misleading shareholders in new suit
Clayton Utz 2019-11-27 3:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Troubled retail technology firm Irexchange is accused of misleading shareholders through three different capital raising offers, according to a new Federal Court case brought by investors who sunk over $4.5 million into the company.

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Federal Court backs IP Australia’s rejection of computer-implemented invention
Chris Burgess 2019-11-25 4:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Federal Court has again sided with with the Commissioner of Patents in a challenge to a ruling that found two patents for a computer-implemented invention were not a manner of manufacture.

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Google’s Fitbit buy creates ‘uncertain world’ for consumers, ACCC says
Article 2019-11-19 10:31 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Google’s promise to shield users’ health data after its planned $3 billion acquisition of fitness tech company Fitbit should be taken with a grain of salt, ACCC chairman Rod Sims said Tuesday.

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Former CEO says Papyrus defamed him by leaving him out of annual report
Agriculture 2019-11-19 4:03 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Sustainable tech firm Papyrus Australia has lost its bid to throw out a $750,000 defamation case brought against it by an ex-managing director, which alleges the omission of his name in the company’s 2018 annual report was akin to calling him a liar.

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Garmin settles misuse of market power case by largest Australian supplier
Article 2019-11-19 3:53 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Garmin has reached a settlement in a competition case brought by its former exclusive Australian distributor alleging the GPS technology giant misused its market power after the supplier refused to give up its five best customers.

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