Telecom giant Optus has come up short in a Federal Court challenge to trademark registration for health services company Optum, with a judge saying the two company’s marks — despite the difference of just one letter — were distinct enough.
A full bench of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline in a patent infringement case it brought over planned generic versions of its sustained-release Panadol.
A “secret” side agreement between the lead applicant in a shareholder class action and a litigation funder is at the centre of a dispute in the Federal Court that is delaying distribution of a $19 million settlement in the case.
A 17-year-old error that removedĀ industrial filter manufacturer Vokes as the registered owner of its trade marks was at the centre of a Federal Court appeal hearing Tuesday over the extent of a Registrar’s discretion to correct mistakes.
Volkswagen has been ordered for a third time to provide the court with the names of employees who were involved in approving the emissions cheat software that’s at the center of litigation by Australia’s consumer regulator and several class actions against the German car maker.
A former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged in the US with conspiracy and fraud over the car maker’s long-running scam to cheat emissions tests, two months after VW faced trial in Australia over dieselgate.
H.J. Heinz Company Australia Ltd has filed an appeal after a Federal Court found it made misleading claims about the health benefits of its Little Kids Shredz products.
The former directors of defunct financial advisory firm Storm Financial have filed an appeal after the Federal Court slapped them each with a $70,000 fine and banned them from managing corporations for seven years.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed Nationwide News’ application for leave to appeal Justice Michael Wigney’s March judgment in the hotly contested Geoffrey Rush defamation case that shot down the publisher’s truth defense.
An agreement has been reached on which company will provide services to assist in the upcoming high-stakes etrial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and polycarbonate producer Oakmoore Pty Ltd and one of its directors.