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Uber win ‘guts’ Allotz’s infringement case over surge pricing patents, court told
Intellectual Property 2025-08-07 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

A court ruling for Uber that found hotel management software maker Allotz’s surge pricing patents were invalid has gutted its infringement case against former lawyer Francis Galbally, a court has heard.

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Oxford Nanopore brings patent infringement case against MGI
Intellectual Property 2025-08-06 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Genomic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies has sued MGI Australia alleging infringement of four patents covering nanopore technology.

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Applicant may press restart in Sony Playstation class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-04 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Sony alleging it used restrictive trade practices to block competition with its Playstation store will likely need to make “substantial” changes to its case, a court has heard. 

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OpenAI wins challenge to trade mark with ‘GPT’ suffix
Intellectual Property 2025-07-31 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

OpenAI has successfully blocked an Australian company’s bid to trade mark the name of an AI immigration service that uses the suffix ‘GPT’.

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Google’s YouTube part of Albanese government’s social media ban
Social Media 2025-07-30 1:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Not cowed by threats of a legal challenge, the Albanese government has announced that it will be including Google’s YouTube in its world-first social media ban for children under the age of 16.

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Pitcher Partners wins separate hearing in Titan Interactive liquidator’s case
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-29 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Pitcher Partners has won its bid for a separate hearing on whether the liquidator of collapsed IT company Titan Interactive is entitled to any relief on its claims the accounting firm breached its duty of care in providing tax advice.

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Appeal filed in failed patent suit over Apple’s Touch ID, Face ID tech
Intellectual Property 2025-07-28 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A patent holding company is challenging the dismissal of its infringement case over Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID technology.

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Macquarie Technology secures $240M Sydney site for new data centre
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-16 11:14 pm By Andy Sidler

Macquarie Technology Group has secured the option to buy a Sydney city site with a $240 million price tag near its existing data centre holding in Macquarie Park.

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‘Pull off band-aid’ on messages in Dovetail harassment suit: judge
Employment 2025-06-23 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The judge hearing a harassment suit by an in-house counsel at Dovetail has urged the software firm to “pull off the band-aid” and share text message evidence between the lawyer and company CEO Benjamin Humphrey.

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ACCC says AI, cloud computing pose risks to competition
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-23 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has concluded its five year inquiry into digital platforms, identifying risks to competition posed by AI and cloud computing and again calling for significant regulation to counter “harmful” practices by the likes of Google and Facebook.

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