Events

Puma has appealed its failed opposition to a trade mark for Tiger Woods' golf apparel and equipment brand Sun Day Red, which the German sneaker giant argued was too similar to its iconic leaping cat mark.

ASX-listed biotech 4D Medical has sued competitor Cyclopharm alleging the company made false, misleading and malicious statements about its rival during an online webinar prompted by a "fake" question.

Boroondara City Council has told a court that builder ADCO was “particularly motivated” to not provide a parent company guarantee under a $59 million contract to develop the Kew Recreation Centre after the roof of the building collapsed during the construction. 

Samsung Bioepis has successfully opposed Janssen's bid to patent a monoclonal antibody to treat ulcerative colitis, but an IP Australia delegate has given the J&J-owned company a chance to fix its application.

A luxury Hamilton Island resort has lost its bid to vary the form of security ordered last year in its $15 million suit over allegedly defective rectification works completed in the wake of Cyclone Debbie. 

A rental company providing long-term leases for household items has appealed a ruling slapping it with a $7.4 million penalty for loan agreements that did not comply with credit laws. 

Abbey Animal Health has appealed its loss in a suit seeking to invalidate rival Virbac's patent for an antiparasitic drug.

The liquidator for collapsed property developer Monarch Tower has lost its appeal seeking an extension of time to bring voidable transaction claims said to be worth $27 million against 13 individuals and companies.

The High Court has rejected a special leave application by the owners of land acquired to build a Melbourne freeway that sought to overturn an "erroneous" appeals court decision which left them with $2 million for land worth over $30 million.

Commonwealth Bank's New Zealand unit, ASB Bank, has agreed to pay $119.35 million to settle a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to 150,000 customers who took out home or personal loans.