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Public housing class action tossed, but judge gives applicant another shot
Class Actions 2024-05-03 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has granted the Victorian government’s bid to dismiss a class action over its decision to retire Melbourne’s high-rise public housing towers, but allowed the applicant to recast his claim, despite protests from the state. 

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Qoin crypto issuer made misleading statements, court finds in win for ASIC
Cryptocurrency 2024-05-03 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has found Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial made false and misleading claims about its product, in a win for the corporate regulator and a likely boost for a class action against the Gold Coast-based digital currency company.

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7-Eleven defeats Seven Network’s opposition to ‘7-Select’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-05-03 11:51 pm By Andy Sidler

Convenience chain 7-Eleven has defeated Seven Network’s challenge to its bid to trade mark ‘7-Select’ for a new brand of products targeting younger shoppers, with an IP Australia delegate finding consumer confusion was not likely.

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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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Funder hit with costs of failed IP case over parking detection patent
Intellectual Property 2024-05-01 3:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The litigation funder that bankrolled a patent infringement case by a vehicle monitoring systems manufacturer is on the hook for legal costs after technology company SARB succeeded in appealing a finding that it infringed the IP for a parking detection system used by the City of Melbourne. 

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Insurer not on hook for scrapped NSW music festival during Black Summer bushfires
Insurance 2024-04-29 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Insurer Lloyd’s in not on the hook for losses arising from a cancelled 2019 music festival, with a judge finding the Black Summer bushfires did not render cancellation necessary as was required for coverage under the relevant insurance policy.

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In discontinuing COVID-19 class action, judge weighs in on when a case is over
Class Actions 2024-04-29 2:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Proceedings are capable of being determined by the act of filing a discontinuance, a judge has said in approving an application for the discontinuance of a class action over Fire Rescue Victoria’s COVID-19 risk management practices. 

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Worker unfairly sacked for coming to work after night of heavy drinking: FWC
Employment 2024-04-29 11:01 pm By Andy Sidler

The Fair Work Commission has found a farm worker was unfairly terminated for coming to work after a big night out, during which he consumed up to 15 drinks.

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Sydney barrister wins $150K in defamation case over Oscar the cavoodle
Defamation 2024-04-26 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney barrister Gina Edwards has been awarded $150,000 in damages in her defamation case over Channel Nine’s coverage of her battle for custody of famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle, with a judge finding she relied on a bad legal advice from a fellow barrister and genuinely believed she was Oscar’s co-owner.

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Media monitor Isentia wins copyright fight with Sky News despite ‘wholesale copying’
Intellectual Property 2024-04-26 2:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ruled that media monitor Isentia did not infringe the copyright of Sky News, despite the “wholesale copying” of content for its government clients, because its actions were done for the “services of the Commonwealth or State”.

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