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TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
Social Media 2023-03-09 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.

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Ex-Nuix CEO appeals loss in $180M case over options agreement
Appeals 2023-03-08 3:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Nuix CEO Edward Sheehy is challenging his loss in a lawsuit claiming he’s owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement with the technology company.

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Fitbit says ACCC must show why 45-day refund limit is not reasonable
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-03-01 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google-owned Fitbit has denied ACCC allegations it misled consumers about their rights concerning faulty devices, and has challenged the regulator on its claim that it was obligated to refund customers who did not raise a complaint within 45 days of purchase or shipment.

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Ex-Big Un CEO charged with insider trading after ASIC investigation
White Collar 2023-02-14 6:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The former CEO of Big Un Limited has been hit with criminal charges and could face up to ten years in prison after he allegedly communicated inside information about the failed video company.Ā 

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Ex-Nuix director wants class action shelved until ASIC case wraps up
Class Actions 2023-02-02 4:12 pm By Sam Matthews

A former Nuix director has made a bid to stay a shareholder class action, which accuses the software company of failing to alert the market to red flags in the business, pending the outcome of separate proceedings by ASIC.

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From $2.8M win to just $6,000, Microsoft’s case against computer retailer crashes to earth
Intellectual Property 2023-01-16 1:35 pm By Sam Matthews

Microsoft has won a pittance for copyright infringement but copped a ā€œsubstantial costs orderā€ in its six-year-old intellectual property suit against a Melbourne computer retailer over its Windows 7 software, which previously netted the Silicon Valley giant a $2.8 million payout from Judge Sandy Street that was slammed as a “regrettable” judicial failure.

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Body of work: 3D printed cadaver patent faces legal challenge
Intellectual Property 2023-01-01 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An Adelaide digital printing firm has brought a case against two healthcare companies in the United States, challenging a patent for producing 3D printed, artificial cadavers used in medical training and research.Ā 

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Nuix says it didnā€™t have to disclose $17M post-IPO shortfall to investors
Securities 2023-01-11 10:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Hitting back at ASIC’s claims it misled investors and breached disclosure rules, technology company Nuix says it had no knowledge it was failing to meet its FY21 forecast and didnā€™t need to disclose to investors draft documents showing missed internal targets.

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‘Substantial industrial theft’: Hytera to face damages for stealing Motorola’s source code
Intellectual Property 2022-12-23 8:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has found Shenzhen-based based radio manufacturer Hytera engaged in “substantial industrial theft” by appropriating Motorola’s source code for its digital mobile radios and should be on the hook for additional damages for “flagrantly” infringing Motorola’s copyright.

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Epic Games may face class action over ‘addictive’ Fortnite game
Class Actions 2022-12-23 6:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Epic Games is facing a class action investigation for allegedly failing to warn parents about the addictive nature of its popular battle royale game Fortnite.

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