Mainstream adoption of artificial intelligence in the legal community is right around the corner, and experts have urged law firm partners to take control and rise to the challenge rather than letting junior lawyers determine when and how the technology is utilised.
An appeals court has ordered a third trial in a long-running copyright battle between Microsoft and a Melbourne computer retailer, saying the trial judge’s findings were “greatly diminished” by her three-year-long delay in delivering judgment.
Software company TechnologyOne will bring a strike-out application in a lawsuit by a former regional sales director alleging the company unfairly put him on a performance improvement plan and forced him to work excessive hours.
Law firm Pinsent Masons has lured two partners from KPMG Law to head a team of six lawyers for its new technology, media and telecommunications team in Australia.
Chinese video camera company Bolin has won its bid for an urgent anti-anti-suit injunction against Australian competitor BirdDog, with a judge finding there was a risk of “irreparable prejudice” if Bolin lost its right to bring its claims.
Instagram is planning to hit Dialogue Consulting with a cross-claim that accuses the Melbourne social media start-up of breaching US law related to the protection of users’ data and engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct.
EFTPOS provider Tyro has secured a $10 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing a unit of Canadian firm Lightspeed of violating a restraint of trade clause by encouraging Tyro customers to adopt its own competing payment system.
Technology company SARB has partially succeeded in a challenge to a ruling that it infringed a rival’s intellectual property in its development of a parking system used by the City of Melbourne, with an appeals court finding a judge made an error in his reading of the claims of one patent at issue.
Australian IP lawyers are closely watching The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit seeking billions in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, but it remains to be seen whether Australia will become a favoured jurisdiction for similar suits or be left playing catch up, experts say.
Apple has failed to prevent a funder from accessing data that will allow it to estimate potential damages in a class action it’s bankrolling over allegedly anti-competitive app store restrictions.