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Facebook agrees to $20M penalty in ACCC case over data privacy app
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-06-14 11:37 pm By Gareth Baker

Facebook has agreed to pay a $20 million penalty for misleading consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal activity data private, when in fact it was being collected for commercial use.

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Optus to rebrand ‘Boost’ products in trade mark case settlement
Telecommunications 2023-06-14 4:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Optus has agreed to rebrand products that Boost Tel claimed had infringed on its trade marks, in  a settlement of the rivals’ intellectual property spat.

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Funder that backed failed IP case appeals indemnity costs ruling
Appeals 2023-06-14 11:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A litigation funder that bankrolled a photographer’s unsuccessful copyright claim against CoreLogic has appealed a ruling ordering if to pay indemnity costs to the property data analytics company.

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Singer Katy Perry appeals loss in trade mark stoush with Aussie designer
Appeals 2023-06-13 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pop star Katy Perry has appealed her loss in a long-running trade mark fight with an Australian fashion designer over the right to use her name to sell clothing in Australia.

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Class action against KPMG, CuDeco directors wants insurance docs to avoid ‘train wreck’
Class Actions 2023-06-13 11:59 pm By Gareth Baker

A shareholder class action against KPMG and the directors of defunct mining company CuDeco is seeking insurance information and a limited number of documents from the directors ahead of mediation, to avoid a “train wreck” of a case, a court has heard.

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Settlement in class action against CIMIC unit wins approval
Employment 2023-06-13 4:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $438,000 settlement in a class action accusing a unit of engineering company CIMIC of underpaying casual aluminium construction and manufacturing workers has won court approval.

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L’Oreal loses rights to use Elvive trade mark for beauty products
Intellectual Property 2023-06-13 6:00 pm By Gareth Baker

Skincare giant L’Oreal has lost the rights to use a 23-year-old trade mark for branding some of its products, after a competitor successfully campaigned IP Australia to strike it from the register for non-use. 

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Armaguard, Prosegur merger wins clearance from ACCC with conditions
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-06-13 4:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Armaguard and rival Prosegur have secured authorisation for their proposed merger from the ACCC, which has found the likely reduction in competition in the cash transport industry was outweighed by the public benefits of the transaction.

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Insurers ‘can’t say’ if they will cover Blue Sky class action claims
Class Actions 2023-06-09 9:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has avoided a fight “with the High Court written all over it” over whether an investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY can join four insurers to the case.

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Colonial can’t shield lawyer emails due to class action applicant’s ‘joint privilege’
Class Actions 2023-06-09 10:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Wealth management firm Colonial First State has lost its bid to shield emails with internal counsel about investment options for its FirstChoice super fund after a judge found a class action applicant had joint legal professional privilege.

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