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