Gilbert Tsang

A judge has refused a bid to expand the group membership in an underpayments class action against discount retailer The Reject Shop, saying it was based on a misconceived premise. 

The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW that has switched law firms five times has been hit with indemnity costs after it failed to brief a barrister in a dispute over its bid to rescind trust funds.

The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW by residents displaced by the construction of Sydney’s WestConnex tunnel has been ordered to pay $134,000  to cover the class action’s costs after it brought a failed action to rescind trust funds.

A judge has granted a limited stay of an injunction against US sports merchandise Fanatics after AFL merchandise maker FanFirm won its case alleging the US company knew about its ‘Fanatics’ trade marks.

A judge has granted Australian bubble tea franchise Sharetea a third adjournment of a trial in a $10 million case brought by its Taiwanese franchisor, despite “very significant concern” that Sharetea’s director did not do everything in his power to find new lawyers in time.

The maker of Finish dishwashing products, RB Hygiene, has won a partial appeal in a trade mark stoush with rival Henkel, with the Full Court reviving two of its trade marks but rejecting its challenge to a logo for competing Somat-branded products.

Sydney law firm Baybridge Lawyers has lost a bid to block a rival firm that’s located in the same office building from registering its ‘LawBridge’ trade mark.

The maker of Finish dishwashing products has appealed a judgment that removed two of its trade marks for non-use and rejected its claim that a competitor’s logo was deceptively similar.

The maker of Finish dishwashing products has had two of its trade marks struck from the register after losing an intellectual property suit against an emerging rival.

The makers of Finish dishwashing products has secured an injunction keeping rival Somat products branded with an allegedly infringing logo from supermarket shelves until the Federal Court decides a high-stakes trade mark battle.