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Sleeping Duck has defeated a minority shareholder's case accusing it of engaging in oppression, with a judge rejecting claims the mattress company's two founders diluted the shareholder's interest and rejected commercially unreasonable offers to sell.
Elanco Australasia has lost its bid to appeal a finding by IP Australia that a patent acquired from Bayer covering a lice treatment for livestock lacked an inventive step.
A director of two Paladin Group units is entitled to rely on the privilege against self-exposure to penalty in defending a case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, a court has heard.
An environment advocacy group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a decision that allowed the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying courts have "enfeebled" environmental legislation.
Gilchrist Connell is growing its national insurance practice, nabbing three litigation experts from rival firm Colin Biggers and Paisley for its Sydney office.
A judge overseeing several cases against Optus over a September 2022 data breach has raised the possibility of hearing a class action against the telco alongside new proceedings brought by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
The Australian Football League has panned as "legally misconceived" a bid to drag individual clubs into a class action against the league on behalf of football players who allegedly suffered brain injuries.
Petrol chain United Petroleum has sued competitor On The Run for allegedly wrongly claiming its 'Quickstop' and 'Cigmart' marks infringe On The Run's trade marks.
A judge has granted Australian bubble tea franchise Sharetea a third adjournment of a trial in a $10 million case brought by its Taiwanese franchisor, despite “very significant concern” that Sharetea’s director did not do everything in his power to find new lawyers in time.
An IP Australia delegate has shot down Apple’s application to patent a touchscreen interface used on its electronic devices, calling the invention a “logistical scheme” for organising media files rather than a technological innovation.