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Sportsbet wants BetEasy trade marks removed for non-use
Intellectual Property 2019-09-12 5:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bookmaker Sportsbet has expanded its case over rival BetEasy’s attempts to operate under the ‘Sportingbet’ trade mark, arguing its marks should be revoked for non-use.

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Grocon wins right to appeal $13.9M judgment in Dexus lease dispute
Real Estate 2019-08-21 2:34 pm By Amelia Birnie

Grocon has won the right to appeal a $13.9 million interlocutory judgment in an ongoing lease dispute with property management firm Dexus, amid concerns that the construction company would be deemed insolvent if it was forced to pay the interim demand notice.

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Moreton wins appeal over R&D tax credits for failed coal gasification project
Article 2019-07-31 3:39 pm By Miklos Bolza

Australian coal miner Moreton Resources has won a Full Federal Court appeal over tax offsets it claims are owed over a failed pilot project testing underground coal gasification, a process which was ultimately banned in Queensland.

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Coles claim for $40M in refunds for lost fuel ‘completely unreal’, ATO tells court
Tax 2019-07-29 9:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

A claim by Coles for $40 million in tax credits for fuel that evaporates or leaks from the 3,000 tanks at its service stations — based on an argument that the company buys extra fuel to account for the loss — is “completely unreal”, a lawyer for the tax office told a court Monday.

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Grocon appeals $13.9M ruling in Brisbane CBD lease dispute
Real Estate 2019-07-29 10:16 am By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has given the Victorian arm of Grocon Constructors more time to comply with a $13.9 million judgment in an ongoing lease dispute over a Brisbane office tower, after the construction company promised to file its appeal of the ruling “with diligence and expedition”.

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$43.2M lease demand slashed after judge finds Dexus unreasonable
Real Estate 2019-07-23 1:30 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge overseeing a lease dispute in relation to a Brisbane CBD office tower has slashed a $43.2 million statutory demand against construction company Grocon by more than two thirds, finding property management firm Dexus was unreasonable to demand payment just two business days after issuing its invoices.

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BASF termite control patent invalid, court told
Intellectual Property 2019-07-09 3:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

Sherwood Chemicals wants to exterminate claims alleging it infringed two patents held by US chemical giant BASF for an underground termite control system, saying the patents were invalid and that any infringement, if it occurred, was innocent.

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Global textiles giant Simba can peek at IFOTA’s books, judge says
Securities 2019-07-02 3:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Clothing manufacturer IFOTA has been ordered to open its books to shareholder Simba after it raised concerns about IFOTA’s management and financial position.

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Judge pauses ASIC case against ANZ over $2.5B share placement
Securities 2019-06-21 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ANZ Bank has secured a stay of the corporate cop’s civil penalties proceeding over disclosures related to its $2.5 billion equity capital raising while it fights criminal cartel charges related to the controversial share placement.

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Competing law firms agree to join forces in BHP class action
Appeals 2019-06-21 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Rival law firms Phi Finney McDonald and Maurice Blackburn have offered to consolidate their competing shareholder class actions against BHP after prompting by the Full Federal Court, which said Friday it approved of the plan.

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