A finding that Noumi’s production of a PwC report to ASIC didn’t constitute waiver of privilege provides clarity that voluntary disclosure agreements can protect confidential information, but care must still be taken, lawyers say.
The makers of Grand Theft Auto have largely succeeded in a copyright case against the developer behind the “Infamous Mod” — a hack that alters the capabilities of players in the online version of the top-selling game.
Barrister Gina Edwards, who won her defamation case over Oscar the cavoodle, is locked in a fight with Nine and her former solicitor over fees, in what a judge has described as a “dog’s breakfast”.
Mattel has mostly won its challenge to a Shanghai-based toy company’s bid to trade mark ‘Blokees’, which the US toy giant argued was deceptively similar to its popular Blokus board game.
Animal health company Virbac has lost its interlocutory bid to block a generic version of its animal drug Cydectin Platinum by rival Abbey Laboratories.
Online retailer The Iconic has taken Chinese fast fashion giant Shein to court for allegedly infringing the trade mark for its ‘Dazie’ brand with the company’s ‘Dazy’ clothing line.
Bird & Bird has hired DLA Piper technology and data protection partner Nicholas Boyle to join the firm’s Sydney office.
IP Australia has rejected an Italian cheese lobby’s bid to block an American cheese maker from using a trade mark containing the word ‘asiago’, saying there was “very little evidence” Australians were aware of the cheese at all.
Sydney barrister Gina Edwards has been awarded part of her costs in an indemnity basis after securing $150,000 in damages in her defamation case over Channel Nine’s coverage of her battle for custody of famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.
Elanco Australasia has lost its bid to appeal a finding by IP Australia that a patent acquired from Bayer covering a lice treatment for livestock lacked an inventive step.