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Seven class actions against auto makers that sold cars equipped with defective Takata airbags can allege the car makers' silence constituted misleading and deceptive conduct.
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union has lost its bid to be heard by the High Court of Australia after an appeals court upheld a $306,000 fine for the illegal conduct of its former Queensland president and warned of the prospect of deregistration.
Grain supplier Seednet has agreed to pay $1 million to settle an enforcement action by the consumer watchdog alleging it misled farmers about the performance of its latest barley variety.
IP owners need to consider the key or core licensing arrangements over the next six months and consider the competition law implications of conditions/restrictions in these licences, say Ayman Guirguis and David Howarth of K&L Gates.
Catch Group has appealed a decision from IP Australia that shot down its opposition to a trade mark by a rival online store.
E-retailer Catch Group has filed a trade mark lawsuit against a popular online classified ads provider over its "Catch of the week" and "Catch of the month" promotions.
Two founders of the Kaden Boriss international network of law firms have had a copyright case over the company's name and logo thrown out, after a heated spat between partners led to the break-off of the group's Sydney office.
California-based acai berry company Sambazon Inc. has resolved legal action that accused its former Australian distributors of co-opting the company's Amazonian narrative to promote a competing business.
Quinn Emanuel has filed a class action against Volkswagen over cars fitted with defective Takata airbags, the seventh class action filed by the firm in what's been touted as one the largest consumer class actions in Australia.
A NSW Supreme Court judge said Monday it will refer to the Court of Appeal a challenge by car giant BMW to a common fund order proposed by law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan for its six class actions over Takata airbags.