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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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PwC client suing for negligence agrees to keep Hawthorn property off market
Professional Negligence 2023-06-09 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A former PricewaterhouseCoopers client who is suing the accounting firm over the $88 million sale of wholesale food company Hudson Pacific to Retail Food Group in 2016 has agreed to keep a Melbourne property off the market, but the company has not ruled out a bid for security for costs.

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Ten can’t question Lehrmann on leaks of Brittany Higgins material
Defamation 2023-06-09 11:26 pm By Gareth Baker

Ten has failed in a push to question Bruce Lehrmann on whether he leaked restricted material produced during the accused rapist’s criminal trial to select media, as it defends itself against his defamation case, with a judge saying the network was “fishing”.

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Seven loses stoush with 7-Eleven over ‘7NOW’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2023-06-08 11:38 pm By Gareth Baker

Seven Network has lost its effort to stop convenience chain 7-Eleven from using a contested logo even though Seven had registered the trade mark first, with a court finding the broadcaster sat on the mark for too long before using it. 

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Declassing orders must be ‘all or nothing’, court told in breast implants class action
Class Actions 2023-06-08 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A declassing bid by nine doctors in a class action on behalf of women allegedly injured by a one-size-fits-all approach to breast implant surgeries must apply to the entire proceeding, not just the claims against them, a court has heard.

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Destination High Court as law firm lodges fourth Downer EDI class action
Class Actions 2023-06-07 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Multiple class actions against Downer EDI over accounting irregularities might be bound for the High Court as complex legal questions swirl, a judge said on Wednesday.

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Hyundai, Kia can’t inspect vehicles at centre of class actions
Class Actions 2023-06-07 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing class actions against car makers Hyundai and Kia over alleged engine defects has dismissed the carmakers’ bid to inspect the lead applicants’ vehicles before defences are filed in the proceedings.

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