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SPC appeals $1.2M judgment related to $40M Coca-Cola Amatil deal
Intellectual Property 2021-07-19 5:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

Melbourne-based joint venture Shepparton Partners Collective has appealed a $1.2 million judgment which found it infringed software developer QAD’s copyright by failing to pay a transfer fee to retain the licence after it acquired the iconic SPC Ardmona cannery in Victoria from Coca-Cola Amatil for $40 million.

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Ben Roberts-Smith trial to resume with evidence from four Afghan witnesses
Defamation 2021-07-19 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Four witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed man off a cliff in Afghanistan will give evidence next week in the war veteranā€™s defamation trial, which has been disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions in NSW.

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Former NSW ministers Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald found guilty of conspiracy
Breaking News 2021-07-19 2:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found former NSW Labor Ministers Ian McDonald and Eddie Obeid, as well as Obeid’s son Moses, guilty of conspiring to rig a tender process for a coal mining exploration licence on the Obeids’ land in the Bylong Valley.

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Noni B owner appeals ruling ordering it to hand over docs to ACMA
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2021-07-19 1:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mosaic Brands has appealed a ruling ordering it to comply with a request for documents from theĀ Australian Communications and Media Authority over its potential violations of the Spam Act.

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IP Australia accuses judge of ‘impermissible gloss’ on patent term extension law
Appeals 2021-07-15 5:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

IP Australia has appealed a ruling granting drug company Ono Pharmaceutical a patent extension for a cancer immunotherapy drug, calling it an “impermissible gloss” on the Patents Act that is at odds with the law’s purpose.

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Judge admonished for ‘complete lack of intellectual engagement’ in migration case
Appeals 2021-07-15 2:18 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A Federal Court judge has admonished Federal Circuit Court Judge Sandy Street for ā€œa complete lack of intellectual engagementā€ in considering whether an Indian migrant engaged in a sham marriage in order to stay in Australia.

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Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith case may move from Sydney as COVID-19 lockdown drags on
Trials 2021-07-14 10:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Trial in the defamation case by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against Nine may face additional delays or be transferred out of Sydney after the NSW Government extended the city’s COVID-19 restrictions by two weeks.

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‘Pretty embarrassing’: Teen frowns on government’s appeal of victory in climate change class action
Appeals 2021-07-09 3:39 pm By Bianca Hrovat

The Federal Minister for the Environment has announced plans to appeal a Federal Court judgment that found the government has a duty of care to protect Australian children from the impacts of climate change.Ā 

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Apple will take fight with Epic Games to the High Court
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-09 9:53 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Apple plans to appeal the Full Federal Court’s decision that Epic Games’ misuse of market power lawsuit over it App Store terms should be heard in Australia because the case raises issues of “fundamental public interest”.

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BHP asks High Court to weigh in on inclusion of foreign investors in class action
Appeals 2021-07-05 11:56 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Global resources giant BHP Group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a ruling that rejected its bid to exclude foreign investors from a shareholder class action over the 2015 Fundao dam disaster.

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