The IP rights holder of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises has appealed its loss in a trade mark battle with vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has told a court that Jayson Gillham’s suit over a recital that was scuppered over critical Gaza comments should be tossed because the pianist was not an employee.
Hollywood movie giant Warner Bros has lost its opposition to an Australian winemaker’s proposed ‘Beetlejuice’ trade mark.
The IP holder of the The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises has lost its challenge to registration of a trade mark by vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries.
The trustee for iconic Aussie pop band Men at Work wants a court’s guidance on who it should be making royalty payments to, after guitarist Ron Strykert contested an agreement he signed.
The makers of Grand Theft Auto have largely succeeded in a copyright case against the developer behind the “Infamous Mod” — a hack that alters the capabilities of players in the online version of the top-selling game.
Crown has sued Lendlease and a host of other companies that signed off on the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank, which it says resulted in two years of expensive rectification work.
Netflix says it was reasonable to make a manager redundant while she was on maternity leave, saying it was part of a restructure and that “ongoing performance issues” meant she was not suitable for a new role.
Troubled casino giant Start Entertainment has sold off its Sydney events venue to Foundation Theatres for what has been dubbed a fire sale price of $60 million.
An Australian fashion designer has asked the High Court to overturn a Full Court win for singer Katy Perry in a long-running trade mark dispute, saying the court’s findings “wrongly privilege the powerful and famous over ordinary traders”.