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Google fends off appeal in doctor’s defamation case over hyperlinks
Google has fought off a legal challenge to a decision rejecting a South Australian doctor’s bid to access search data and internal company documents in her second defamation claim against the tech giant over alleged defamatory material in search results.
Apple faces battle to protect Touch ID source code in patent stoush
Apple is “unlikely” to avoid production of the source code for its Touch ID and Face ID technology to an Australian non-practicing entity that has sued the Silicon Valley company for patent infringement, a judge has said.
Lawyers will try to serve missing Big Un founder on LinkedIn
A judge has given the liquidators of Big Un the go-ahead to serve the director of the collapsed video company through his LinkedIn account after several unsuccessful attempts to contact him about proceedings accusing him and others of violating their directors' duties.
Judge erred in finding AI can be patent inventor, Full Court says
The Full Court has overturned a landmark judgment which found artificial intelligence can be named as an inventor on patent applications, in a decision which brings Australia in line with findings from courts in the UK, US and EU.
Former lead auditor of Big Un charged with making false statement
Another auditor has landed in hot water over collapsed video company Big Un’s 2017 independent audit, with the lead accountant charged with making a false or misleading statement.
Lawyers the only winners in Guvera class action settlement, judge says
A judge has approved a $155,000 settlement in a class action on behalf of investors in failed streaming platform Guvera which racked up $500,000 in legal fees, saying the case should never have been filed as a class action and didn't advance group members' interests "one iota".
Ex-GC can’t access fintech’s financials ahead of mediation in discrimination case
The former general counsel of UK-based transit payment service provider Littlepay has lost her bid to access the firm's financial statements ahead of mediation in a lawsuit alleging she faced discrimination and bullying when she returned to work after the birth of twins.
Judge takes ‘wait and see’ approach to trial in Epic cases against Apple, Google
A judge has held off selecting from a "basket of imponderables" in determining how he will hear two competition lawsuits by Epic Games against Apple and Google over the removal of the popular multiplayer game Fortnite from the tech giants' online stores.
‘No launch, no loss’: Judge questions damages claim in Uniden design patent feud
A judge has questioned GME’s pursuit of additional damages in its intellectual property lawsuit against Japan’s Uniden that alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communication giant of two new CB radio products amounts to infringement of its design patent. 
Epic Games resists bid to delay Apple trial while Google catches up
Epic Games has argued in favour of steaming ahead with a trial in its competition case against Apple while its parallel case against Google remains in the embryonic stage, but the tech giants say Google's litigation should catch up in the hopes that the court can hear a joint trial or hold contemporaneous hearings.