Tech company SARB has won a stay of orders barring it from selling its sensor-based system which the city of Melbourne uses for timing parked vehicles, after a judge found it infringed rival Vehicle Management Systemsâ patent.
Sanofi has lost its bid to limit evidence from experts for Amgen in a patent dispute over a cholesterol-lowering antibody, with a judge dismissing concerns about Amgen having a majority of experts giving concurrent evidence. In an application filed at the beginning of the month, the French pharmaceutical company sought to bar Amgen from relying…
A Federal Court judge who recently ordered new pleadings in a copyright case against CoreLogic is the latest judge fed up with plaintiffs pleading innumerable alternatives that waste court resources, add to the length of trials and extend the wait time for judgments.
Novartis unit Sandoz has won its bid to stay a case by rival Lundbeck, including orders for damages previously calculated at $26.3 million and counting, despite having succeeded at the High Court in a dispute over its patent for blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro.
A judge has rejected an amended copyright case against US-based analytics company CoreLogic, expressing his displeasure at the use of imprecise phrases like ‘including’ and “such as’ in the revised pleading.
Queensland lender SunshineLoans has lost its second bid for the Full Court to decide whether ASIC has the power to bring civil penalty proceedings for violations of the Credit Code, with a judge finding its arguments were not strong enough to vacate an upcoming trial.
Drug maker Sanofi-Aventis is not liable for the federal governmentâs losses for excess subsidies paid for the blood-thinner Plavix after an allegedly unjustified court injunction prevented the release of a generic version of the blockbuster drug, an appeals court has found.
Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has foreshadowed two challenges to an underpayments class action, claiming store managers were not covered by the general retail award and that their allegations have to be run individually.Â
Consumer goods giants Proctor & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser have been urged by a court not to bury their dispute over marketing of a dishwashing tablet product under a mountain of competing performance tests.
A judge overseeing class actions against car makers Hyundai and Kia over alleged engine defects has dismissed the carmakersâ bid to inspect the lead applicantsâ vehicles before defences are filed in the proceedings.