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A judge has refused a bid by Macquarie Bank and a group of former financial advisers to preside over a mediation of their spat over $2.6 million in wages, saying a judge can't act as a mediator and he wouldn't do it even if he could.
US lingerie company Victoria's Secret has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the sale of knockoff products that mimic the get-up of its trade marked body care products.
Macquarie Bank has been hit with yet another lawsuit by a group of financial advisers alleging the firm breached the Fair Work Act by denying them regular wages, a case filed just days before the bank resolved an earlier action.
The Full Court has denied a bid by Deep Investments to vary orders dismissing its case against a solicitor and six others over $10 million in alleged share trading losses, saying this would amount to allowing the investment adviser to bring a different claim.
A Federal Court judge has questioned whether appeals from IP Australia should be allowed to proceed as hearings anew and not confined to the issues already run before the agency, in a ruling spanning 1,784 paragraphs that dismisses a challenge by chemical manufacturer SNF to a delegate's decisions granting two mining patents to rival BASF.
Kmart has been ordered to produce more documents related to changes made to the designs for its men's cargo pants and shorts in a lawsuit alleging it violated the copyright for workwear company Globe International's clothing designs.
A Melbourne-based restaurant and food truck operator selling "game-changing kebabs" has sued popular retailer Cotton On for allegedly infringing the copyright for the "Biggie Smalls" crown logo under which it markets its services.
E-retailer Catch Group has resolved a trade mark lawsuit it lobbed against a popular online classified ads provider over its "Catch of the week" and "Catch of the month" deals.
The CFMMEU has been hit with a $55,080 penalty after a judge found the union pressured a landscaper to join despite only being contracted to work for a couple of days.
Australian automotive electronics developer Directed Electronics OE has won access to documents seized from rivals it claims misappropriated its confidential information and infringed its copyright to gain $3.6 million in secret commissions.