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Catch Group files trade mark lawsuit over ‘Catch of the week’ deals
Intellectual Property 2018-11-28 11:51 am By Cat Fredenburgh

E-retailer Catch Group has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a popular online classified ads provider over its “Catch of the week” and “Catch of the month” promotions.

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AMP admits another possible fees for no service scandal
Financial Services 2018-11-27 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Embattled wealth manager AMP has revealed its fees for no service scandal could cost the firm more than $1 billion in customer remediation, and that it might be facing another fees scandal.

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Surgical mesh devices to face tougher regulatory review
Healthcare 2018-11-27 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Surgical mesh devices, including the controversial urogynaecological mesh devices that are at the centre of two high-stakes class actions, will soon face a higher bar for regulatory approval.

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Bravo can’t trade mark ‘Just Desserts’ for Top Chef spinoff
Intellectual Property 2018-11-27 3:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

US television giant Bravo can’t trade mark the phrase “Just Desserts” in Australia for its Top Chef reality cooking show spinoff, a sweet victory for the Seven Network, which challenged the mark. 

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Elle publisher wins opposition to Aussie builder’s ‘Ella’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2018-11-27 1:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Paris-based publisher of Elle Magazine has succeeded in a challenge to a trade mark application by an Australian building supplier for the name of its brand of bathroom fixtures, ‘Ella’.

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Nestle unit wins patent for internet-connected coffee machine
Intellectual Property 2018-11-27 12:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A unit of Nestle unit has defeated an opposition to a patent for an internet-connected coffee machine that would allow users to read news and weather while making their morning coffee.

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Quinn’s fees, funder’s cut slashed in Bank of Queensland class action settlement
Class Actions 2018-11-26 10:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has taken a hatchet to Quinn Emanuel’s fees and the funder’s cut in a $12 million settlement of a class action against Bank of Queensland, a settlement which he previously described as one of the “worst” he’d ever seen.

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GSK defeats challenge to breakthrough RSV vaccine patent
Intellectual Property 2018-11-26 9:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

GlaxoSmithKline has won approval for a patent for a vaccine to prevent a common respiratory virus affecting infants, beating out a challenge from a rival that has developed a competing vaccine.

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Mark Latham faces $100,000 bill after settling defamation case
Defamation 2018-11-26 9:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former MP Mark Latham has agreed to settle a defamation case brought against him by the political editor of pop culture site Junkee, and he could be on the hook for a $100,000 payout.

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ASIC seeks provisional liquidators for Chinese bottled water co.
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-11-26 10:44 am By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC wants provisional liquidators appointed to Chinese bottled water supplier Tianmei Beverage to determine whether the company has breached the Corporations Act and should be wound up, just two years after the company went public.

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