Intellectual property law firm Spicer Spicer has lost its opposition to Coca-Colaâs patent application for soft drinks and syrups containing an artificial sweetener known as Reb X, with an IP Australia delegate rejecting the firmâs argument the patent was not inventive.
Liberal MP Christian Porter is effectively asking the court to âprotect his reputationâ by seeking to block Nine and NewsCorp from using secret portions of the ABCâs defence to his defamation allegations, Nine told a judge in opposing the move.
AMP has lost its bid to access documents showing software company DST Bluedoor’s revenue forecasts and employee remuneration in a $35.5 million legal stoush alleging the financial services firm induced 11 employees to jump ship after licensing its online advisor platform.
Worleyâs increases to a budget behind an allegedly misleading 2014 earning guidance, amounting to $1.14 million, were a âdrop in the oceanâ, the Full Court has heard as shareholders seek to revive a failed class action against the engineering company.
Prosecutors might cut the number of criminal cartel charges levelled against money transfer business Vina Money and five individuals who allegedly fixed the foreign exchange rate on millions of dollars transferred between Australian and Vietnam between 2011 and 2016, a court has heard.
Worley crafted the budget behind an allegedly misleading 2014 earnings guidance so that its shares could be rated as a âgrowth stockâ, the Full Court has heard as shareholders seek to revive a failed class action against the engineering company.
The ACCC wants Google to produce documents related to its infamous ‘Oh Shit’ meeting, which the consumer regulator says will be relevant to the tech giant’s state of mind and the judge’s penalty in a case over representations to users about their location data.
A lawyer for accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has told a judge his ex-wife did not honestly disclose whether she had given her close friend access to her former husband’s email account, and had misused his confidential and privileged information.
The applicant in a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Colonial First State Investments customers has raised concerns about whether he can recover compensation from a CBA life insurance unit that was recently sold to a competitor.
A former Maurice Blackburn lawyer set to give evidence in a suit against Qantas was not âdeliberately avoidingâ the trial with an extended hospital stay, but âbetter evidenceâ was needed for why he was admitted, a judge has said.