Veterinary pharmaceutical companies Norbrook Laboratories and Merial have launched twin appeals of two IP Australia decisions allowing Bayer to amend a proposed patent for a treatment for mammary gland infections.
Oil company PTTEP has objected to Indonesian seaweed farmers using the word âoilâ in their evidence in the Montarra oil spill class action, arguing they are not qualified to identify oil.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has opened a review into the proposed $350 million acquisition of a unit of global agribusiness GrainCorp by storage and handling specialist ANZ Terminals.
Industry-owned Queensland Sugar Limited has succeeded in dismissing a court case brought by Wilmar Sugar Australia after record-high rainfalls led to a $60.8 million loss in 2010.
The Montarra oil spill class action trial has been pushed back by two weeks, following the filing of late expert evidence by the applicants “without leave, without notice,” according to oil company PTTEP.
The judge overseeing the lengthy trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down Viterra’s request to shield the identity of malting companies that allegedly engaged in shady business practices, including using a banned substance to produce malt.
Industry group Meat & Livestock Australia is challenging a ruling allowing US company Branhaven’s cow genome patent to proceed, after a judge called the group’s challenge to Branhaven’s amendments to the patent “bizarre” and “flimsy”.
An appeals court has dashed the hopes of three group members of a resolved class action over managed investment schemes operated by agribusiness Great Southern Group who sought more time to appeal approval of the settlement deed, which put them on the hook for repaying their loans to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.
The judge overseeing the marathon trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down objections to both parties’ expert reports related to whether it was common industry practice to cheat customers by failing to comply with contract details and providing misleading malt test results.
A judge has put a proposal for a common fund order in a class action against sandalwood producer Quintis on hold as the court awaits judgment in an historic challenge to the power of courts to make common fund orders.