Maurice Blackburn has agreed to refrain from any marketing or promotion using a replica of the iconic New York statue, Fearless Girl, while it defends a trade mark lawsuit by State Street Global, the US asset management firm that commissioned the original statue.
Maurice Blackburn has persuaded a judge to lift a temporary injunction that blocked the law firm from going ahead with plans to unveil a replica of the iconic New York statue, Fearless Girl, at Melbourne’s Federation Square for International Women’s Day.
US financial services giant State Street Global Advisers has brought legal action against Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, alleging the law firm’s plan to erect a copy of its Fearless Girl statue in Australia violates its trade mark and breaches consumer laws.
The judge overseeing the marathon trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down objections to both parties’ expert reports related to whether it was common industry practice to cheat customers by failing to comply with contract details and providing misleading malt test results.
IP Australia has brought a challenge to a landmark court victory for startup Rokt approving a computer software patent.
Agricultural giant Cargill has been ordered to hand over documents to Glencore regarding its use of an unauthorised type of barley before and after its $420 million acquisition of malt producer Joe White.
NSW Ports has criticised the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for expecting the company to file a defence to the regulator’s allegations of anti-competitive conduct from a concise statement it panned as “vague”.
The judge overseeing a lawsuit against Air France over the alleged unauthorised use of the song “Love is in the Air” will have to weigh who owns the rights to the disco hit.
Viterra can amend its defence mid-trial in its dispute with Cargill over the $420 sale of its Joe White malt business to argue it was standard industry practice to fudge test results relating to malt quality, provided it identifies which industry players engaged in the practice.
Law firm Johnson Winter & Slattery has filed its defence against a cross claim by accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers in a shareholder class action over the collapse of Vocation, pointing to an email that shows the training company was advised of its disclosure obligations to the market.