The A2 Milk Company is appealing a ruling that granted rival Lion Dairy’s opposition to its application to trade mark the phrase ‘True A2″ for its milk products, as it combats efforts by other milk companies to block it from using marks that allegedly imply its products have unique characteristics.
Promises to pay out claims under vehicle warranties issued by a unit of car leasing giant McMillan Shakespeare were illusory because of a clause that gave the company “manifestly sweeping” discretion to reject any claim, a judge has ruled, in a victory for a class action over the allegedly worthless financial products.
In a win for the corporate watchdog, a court has found collapsed education provider Vocation engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and breached its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to inform shareholders of problems with a large government contract.
A judge has hit the applicant in a sham contraction class action against Appco with costs for forcing the company to file a defence to a superseded pleading, saying the usual “no costs” rule in Fair Work cases had less force in actions backed by third party litigation funders.
A judge has raised serious concerns about the proposed commission by the funder behind a $90 million sham contracting class action against fundraiser Appco, slamming as “intuitively wrong” an arrangment that could leave group members pocketing less than half of any recovery.
A group of 39 of Australia’s largest universities has managed to avoid paying its full $32.5 million annual fee to Copyright Agency Ltd, while a dispute over the terms of a licence remains unresolved.
Toy giant Lego has resolved an unfair dismissal lawsuit brought by a former executive who claimed he was fired after he returned to Australia early from an overseas secondment to care for his son.
International law firm Baker McKenzie has confimed the death of its global chair, Paul Rawlinson, who had been on extended leave, citing exhaustion.
Australia’s largest intellectual property services firm IPH will maintain its dominance after winning a takeover battle for Xenith IP, a deal that will create a formidable IP services giant with over 1,000 employees across Asia Pacific.
IP services company QANTM has signaled the end to a bidding war to acquire rival Xenith IP, saying it will not match the terms of the latest offer lodged by fellow IP services provider IPH that would see it acquire Xenith outright.