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Five years in, Meta goes on offensive in competition case by social media start-up
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-06-27 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Five years after it was first hit with a competition case by Dialogue Consulting, Meta has filed a cross-claim against the Melbourne social media company, alleging it collects and stores Instagram user login credentials and instructs clients to provide inaccurate information to the platform.

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Google attacked for ‘untruthful evidence’, failure to call top execs in Epic Games trial
Trials 2024-06-25 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Epic Games has taken aim at Google for the “untruthful evidence” of its witnesses in the game maker’s competition case against the tech giant, as well as its failure to call senior executives to the stand to defend itself. 

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Judge slashes plaintiffs’ costs in Sydney light rail class action
Class Actions 2024-06-25 10:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Transport for NSW to only pay 65 per cent of the costs of a class action over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail construction, finding it was not inappropriate to apportion costs even though the plaintiffs were largely successful.

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No docs, no Tim Cook: Epic Games assails Apple’s ‘contrived’ defence in trial’s closing arguments
Trials 2024-06-24 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Video game maker Epic Games has attacked as “entirely contrived” the defence by Apple in closing submissions in a Federal Court trial of its landmark competition case, pointing to the tech giant’s lack of evidence, including from CEO Tim Cook.

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Climate investment firm Wollemi beats Tesla CEO’s trade mark opposition
Intellectual Property 2024-06-17 11:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi has defeated a challenge by Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm’s family office to registering its name as a trade mark, with a delegate finding the family’s private investment vehicle of the same name did not use the mark in trade or commerce.

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Griffin Coal receivers dodge misconduct investigation over coal supply agreements
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-11 10:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owner of a major coal power station in Western Australia has lost its bid for an inquiry into alleged misconduct by the receivers of collapsed Griffin Coal after they tried to avoid obligations under coal supply agreements, with a judge saying the allegations were “relatively trivial”. 

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Seven resurrects ‘7NOW’ trade mark in latest fight with 7-Eleven
Intellectual Property 2024-05-27 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Seven Network has partially succeeded in appealing a decision that revoked its rights to the ‘7NOW’ trade mark for non-use, with the Full Court finding the broadcaster used the mark on its news promotion website.

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Aristocrat can’t get docs yet for possible trade secrets suit
Appeals 2024-05-27 3:46 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Aristocrat’s bid for orders requiring competitor Light & Wonder to hand over documents to be placed “in an envelope” for speedy production should its appeal of a decision ordering that it produce the documents to Aristocrat for possible trade secrets suit fail.

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Light & Wonder strikes back as Aristocrat mulls suit over Lightning Link trade secrets
Appeals 2024-05-20 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Game maker Light & Wonder is fighting orders requiring it to hand over information to Aristocrat Gaming for a possible suit alleging it and two former employees who jumped ship misused confidential information about Aristocrat’s popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.

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Aristocrat claims rival may have misused Lightning Link, Dragon Link trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2024-05-01 11:48 pm By Andy Sidler

Casino gaming giant Aristocrat may sue competitor Light & Wonder and two former employees who jumped ship for allegedly misusing confidential information about its popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games to develop a competing product.

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