Multiplex is calling for the liquidators of collapsed engineering services group Hastie to pay its costs, and pay now, for pursuing an action to recover millions of dollars in unpaid bills on the grounds that the construction company was not entitled to offset its debts with amounts owing.
Three former Vocation executives — including former federal Treasurer John Dawkins — have been hit with disaqualification orders and fines totalling $125,000 after a court found they breached their directors’ duties ahead of the collapse of the education provider.
A Mexican restaurant franchise is waging a high-stakes courtroom battle to block US fast food giant Taco Bell from moving ahead with plans to set up shop in Victoria and NSW.
The a2 Milk Company has filed a challenge to a competitor’s winning bid to trade mark a phrase containing “a2”, its third lawsuit in Federal Court looking to reverse losses before the Trade Marks Office.
The a2 Milk Company has come up short again in opposing a competitor’s bid to register a trade mark containing “a2”, with a delegate finding the reputation of its goods does not lie in the descriptive term a2 alone.
Health insurer Medibank has admitted to engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct when it falsely told consumers they were not eligible for certain coverage under their insurance policies in what it called an “internal process failure”, but denies the ACCC’s claim that consumers were denied the benefits they paid for.
Global solar panel manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS wants to amend the patent behind its solar technology, more than six months after launching infringement proceedings against three rivals.
The Federal Court will hear two high-stakes trade mark appeals by the a2 Milk Company together, after IP Australia delegates found two marks containing “a2”, which is a protein found in cow’s milk, were not inherently adapted to distinguish its products.
The a2 Milk Company has launched a second court challenge in as many months to a ruling from IP Australia, after rival Lion Dairy successfully opposed its bid to trade mark the phrase a2 milk.
The funder behind a class action against a unit of car leasing company McMillan Shakespeare for allegedly engaging in unfair tactics when selling car warranties is seeking a 25 per cent cut of any settlement reached in the case.