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High Court asked to weigh in on Katy Perry trade mark stoush
Intellectual Property 2025-01-03 5:52 pm By Sam Matthews

An Australian fashion designer has asked the High Court to overturn a Full Court win for singer Katy Perry in a long-running trade mark dispute, saying the court’s findings “wrongly privilege the powerful and famous over ordinary traders”.

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RAMS franchisees call out ‘old school litigation’ in class action
Franchises 2024-12-05 3:41 pm By Sam Matthews

RAMS franchisees have called out the Westpac unit for “old school litigation,” as they seek information about alleged anomalies in home loan applications that led to the nixing of their franchise agreements.

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Katy Perry wins appeal in trade mark fight with Aussie designer
Intellectual Property 2024-11-22 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Court has overturned a finding that singer Katy Perry infringed an Australian fashion designer’s ‘Katie Perry’ mark, finding the designer knew of the pop star when she registered the mark.

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Australian Clinical Labs flags strike-out bid in OAIC data breach case
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-11-08 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Australian Clinical Labs may seek to strike out part of the OAIC’s case over a 2022 data breach, arguing it would unfairly allow the watchdog to allege both single and multiple contraventions of privacy law.

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Class actions against Ford, Toyota score major win in High Court
Class Actions 2024-11-06 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.

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ASIC wins case over life insurer’s misleading ‘pre-existing condition’ term
Insurance 2024-10-29 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has won its case against insurer HCF Life over a pre-existing condition term that was likely to mislead the public, but failed to convince the court that it was an unfair contract term. 

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Care A2 settles spat with infant formula distributor
Emma Bathurst 2024-10-28 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Dairy company Care A2 has settled a dispute with Gensco Laboratories over an agreement to distribute its infant formula in the US that went sour.

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1 or 21M: Australian Clinical Labs wants court’s take on OAIC’s data breach maths
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-11 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian Clinical Labs, which is facing regulatory action over a 2022 data breach, is fighting the information commissioner’s claim that it breached privacy laws 21.5 million times.

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Westpac unit RAMS flags fraud claim in franchisee class action
Class Actions 2024-10-01 2:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Westpac’s shuttered home loan unit RAMS may hit back at franchisees’ class action claims by alleging they made misrepresentations and provided fraudulent documents.

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CIMIC loses appeal against insurers over coverage for Iraq bribery cases
Insurance 2024-09-19 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurers have won a challenge to a declaration that engineering firm CIMIC could make claims under policies for costs arising from corruption cases, including a $32 million class action settlement.

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