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Auto electronics maker Redarc puts brakes on patent infringement case against B8
Intellectual Property 2019-03-04 12:19 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Auto electronics maker B8 Systems has settled a patent suit brought by rival Redarc Group and has agreed to stop selling its allegedly infringing vehicle brake controller in Australia.
KPMG lures top-flight laterals for growing law team
Clayton Utz 2019-03-01 9:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
KPMG has snagged heavy-hitters from Norton Rose Fulbright, Clayton Utz and Herbert Smith Freehills for its growing legal services team, adding strength to its financial services regulation, technology and telecom transactions, and government offerings.
GetSwift weighs bid to toss law firm from ASIC action
Class Actions 2019-03-01 1:21 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
GetSwift has warned it may seek an injunction blocking Johnson Winter & Slattery from acting as instructing lawyers to the corporate cop in its enforcement action against the logistics company, saying the firm provided advisory work for it last year.
Court slams judge for ‘regrettable’ $2.8M award in Microsoft IP case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-28 7:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A judge's decision imposing damages of over $2.8 million on a Melbourne computer retailer facing an intellectual property lawsuit by Microsoft has been slammed as "regrettable" and a judicial "failure," in a judgment overturning the ruling.
Hytera questions whether Motorola owns copyright for source code
Herbert Smith Freehills 2019-02-26 4:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
Hytera has challenged Motorola's claims that it owns the copyright for the digital radio source code that's at the centre of copyright allegations against the Chinese radio maker.
Cryptocurrency exchange provider fined for continuous disclosure breach
Financial Services 2019-02-12 4:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Technology solutions firm Byte Power Group has paid a $33,000 penalty for violating its continuous disclosure obligations by telling shareholders a proposed cryptocurrency exchange was "well advanced" when development yet to begin.
Wavetrain wants court muzzle on competitor’s bad-mouthing over IP
Bird & Bird 2019-02-11 6:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Railway technology company Wavetrain Systems has asked the court to bar a competitor started by its former CEO from making allegedly false claims about its patented rail safety devices to clients.
Court overturns $2.8M Microsoft IP judgment against computer retailer
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-07 10:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
A Melbourne computer retailer has won its appeal of a $2.8 million damages award for allegedly violating Microsoft's Windows 7 IP, with a judge overturning the ruling by Justice Alexander 'Sandy' Street and ordering a rehearing before a new judge.
Full Court finds Nichia LED patent claims invalid
Allens 2019-01-29 10:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
The Full Federal Court has shot down a challenge by Japanese electronics company Nichia Corp. to a ruling that Arrow Electronics did not infringe its patent for a white light emitting device.
GPS giants lost their way with ‘lifetime’ claims, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-01-23 9:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
GPS device makers TomTom, Navman and Garmin will no longer claim they offer users lifetime services, after the ACCC flagged the claims for being potentially false, misleading and deceptive.