IP Australia has appealed a ruling granting drug company Ono Pharmaceutical a patent extension for a cancer immunotherapy drug, calling it an “impermissible gloss” on the Patents Act that is at odds with the law’s purpose.
Trial in the defamation case by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against Nine may face additional delays or be transferred out of Sydney after the NSW Government extended the city’s COVID-19 restrictions by two weeks.
ASICâs case accusing Westpac of insider trading before the $16 billion privatisation of electricity provider Ausgrid should be heard âas quickly as the court can deal with itâ, a judge has said.
Two Melbourne-based aged care providers want negligence claims that are unrelated to COVID-19 removed from class actions over their handling of the pandemic, in a move that may exclude a âvery large numberâ of group members from the proceedings.
Japanese oil company Inpex has sued Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for allegedly making misleading statements about an epoxy coating it supplied for use in the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas project in Bladin Point, Darwin.
A judge has denied defunct insurance broker All Class Insurance its bid for indemnity cover for the alleged theft of company funds by its director, finding the director misappropriated trust funds and fraudulently did not disclose the conduct to insurer Chubb Insurance.
ASIC may end exemptions for law firms running class actions under conditional costs schemes from complying with registration and licensing requirements that were put in place as part of the federal governmentâs reforms targeting litigation funders.
Media companies seeking access to the ABCâs unredacted defence in a now-settled defamation case brought by Christian Porter told a judge the principle of open justice required that the pleading be made public, while the former attorney-general argued there was no âsuperiorâ public interest in airing the document.
Convenience store chain On The Run has filed a bid for law firm Adero Law to take down surveys published on its website allegedly aimed at collecting registration data from group members in an underpayment class action against the company.
A Sydney-based broker is facing a class action investigation on behalf of customers who bought binary options over a six-year period, after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission banned the risky derivatives earlier this year after finding they were likely to cause âsignificant detrimentâ.