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SNF renews challenge to BASF patent
Energy & Natural Resources 2018-05-15 11:24 am By Cat Fredenburgh

SNF has filed an appeal with the Federal Court after the Australian Patent Office shot down its challenge to a mining patent application by rival BASF.

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Take-Two wins temporary block of Grand Theft Auto alterations
Entertainment 2018-05-11 10:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Take-Two Interactive has won a temporary injunction blocking a gamer from making unauthorised changes to its popular Grand Theft Auto video game.

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Judge bars 7-Eleven from WhatsApp message to class
Christopher Archibald 2018-05-11 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

7-Eleven has lost its bid to use a confidential bulletin sent to class members via WhatsApp as defence evidence in an ongoing franchisee class action, with a judge rejecting the company’s claims the document was no longer shielded by legal professional privilege.

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Judge shoots down Optus challenge to Optum trade mark
Appeals 2018-05-11 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Telecom giant Optus has come up short in a Federal Court challenge to trademark registration for health services company Optum, with a judge saying the two company’s marks — despite the difference of just one letter — were distinct enough.

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GSK loses patent infringement appeal over slow-release Panadol
Appeals 2018-05-11 9:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

A full bench of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline in a patent infringement case it brought over planned generic versions of its sustained-release Panadol.

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VicForests banned from logging in greater glider habitat
Article 2018-05-11 11:48 am By Miklos Bolza

An environmental group fighting to protect the threatened greater glider has won a temporary injunction that bans state-owned forestry corporation VicForests from logging in select regions of the Victorian Central Highlands where the marsupial has been found.

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Judge to weigh funding deal in Westpac class action
Allens 2018-05-10 10:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

A two-day hearing has been scheduled in the Westpac life insurance class action over a proposed funding arrangement that would give litigation backer JustKapital 30 per cent of any recovery, in addition to costs outlaid by lawyers for the class.

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SMH’s fatal nose job article destroyed surgeon’s practice, court hears
Banki Haddock Fiora 2018-05-10 9:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Fairfax Media article over the death of a criminal figure during nose surgery had destroyed the practice of a prominent cosmetic doctor, a court was told Thursday.

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Secret side deal in class action holds up $19.25M settlement
Appeals 2018-05-10 8:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

A “secret” side agreement between the lead applicant in a shareholder class action and a litigation funder is at the centre of a dispute in the Federal Court that is delaying distribution of a $19 million settlement in the case.

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Encompass appeals fintech patent loss
Gilbert + Tobin 2018-05-10 2:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An appeal has been filed by financial software company Encompass Corp. after a Federal Court judge found two of its patents for computer software failed the method of manufacture test and were invalid.

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