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Branhaven not ready to give up in bovine gene patent battle
Intellectual Property 2018-05-04 10:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Branhaven will seek court approval to amend the bovine gene patent held by it and Cargill, after the Federal Court sided with a challenge by Meat & Livestock Australia and found the patent was invalid.

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Murray Goulburn class goes digging for Herbert Smith docs
Class Actions 2018-03-02 7:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lawyers running a class action against Murray Goulburn want access to evidence that the dairy cooperative’s trust consulted with a QC about possible claims against its law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills.

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Judge gave short shrift to ACCC in Medibank case, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-02-19 2:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge who sided with Medibank in the ACCC’s failed case last year paid little attention to one of the consumer regulator’s central arguments against the private health insurer, a court heard Monday.

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Cargill cow gene patent invalid, Federal Court says
Intellectual Property 2018-02-13 4:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A federal court judge has found that a bovine gene patent held by Cargill Inc. is invalid, but said the American agriculture giant could beef up the patent claims in response to his ruling.

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ASIC, banks delay rate rigging trial again as talks continue
Competition & Consumer Protection 2017-10-25 11:06 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The trial against three of Australia’s biggest banks over alleged interest rate rigging was pushed back again on Wednesday after lawyers for National Australia Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group told the Federal Court they were still in settlement talks with the securities regulator.

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