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BASF presses the brakes on Lubrizol fuel additive patent suit
Intellectual Property 2019-10-01 3:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Chemical giant BASF has dropped a lawsuit against Lubrizol Corporation challenging proposed amendments to a fuel additive patent.

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Union wants to intervene in university’s appeal over sacking of climate skeptic Peter Ridd
Employment 2019-09-30 2:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The National Tertiary Education Union has asked a court for permission to intervene in support of sacked physics professor and climate skeptic Peter Ridd as he fights James Cook University’s appeal of a $1.2 million judgment against it.

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Seiko wins general injunction against Calidad in ink cartridge patent case
Intellectual Property 2019-09-27 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Imposing an injunction in general form against a patent infringer is not an undue burden in and of itself, the Full Federal Court has ruled in siding with printer giant Seiko Epson in its ongoing intellectual property fight with cartridge reseller Calidad.

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Coles’ $40M tax claim on evaporated fuel ‘artificial’, judge rules
Tax 2019-09-26 8:50 pm By Amelia Birnie

Supermarket giant Coles has lost an appeal over $40 million in tax credits it had claimed for fuel that evaporated or leaked from tanks at its service stations, after a judge described the supermarket giant’s argument as “artificial”.

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Sparke Helmore off the hook as court slams IOOF unit with $81M judgment over plantation sale
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-09-26 2:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees has been hit with an $80.6 million judgment after breaching its duty as trustee in the sale of a 42,000 hectare timber plantation by collapsed forestry giant Gunns Group, and it can’t pass the liability on to Spark Helmore, despite the law firm’s inadequate advice.

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Landowners lose appeal over $56.5M payout for Westconnex project
Transportation & Infrastructure 2019-09-26 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired for the WestConnex project have lost an appeal seeking $56.5 million in compensation, after the Valuer-General offered them just over half that amount.

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Dyno Nobel, Orica settle case over rock blasting method patent
Intellectual Property 2019-09-25 2:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Explosives maker Dyno Nobel has reached a mid-trial settlement in its case against its major rival, Orica, over a patent for a method for blasting rock at open cut mines.

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Lawyers behind competing Workpac class action in talks to jointly-run cases
Class Actions 2019-09-23 10:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge overseeing competing employment class actions on behalf of casual coal miners against WorkPac has ordered the law firms running the cases to consider a proposal to jointly run the proceedings.

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Ariosa secures leave to appeal Sequenom win over patent for prenatal test
Intellectual Property 2019-09-23 1:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

US prenatal genetic test maker Ariosa Diagnostics has won its bid to appeal a ruling that its Harmony test infringed a patent owned by rival Sequenom.

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James Cook University appeals $1.2M judgment for sacking climate skeptic
Appeals 2019-09-20 11:09 am By Miklos Bolza

James Cook University has followed through on its promise to appeal a $1.2 million judgment awarded against it for the unfair dismissal of physics professor and climate skeptic Peter Ridd.

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