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Funder of failed IP case can’t dodge indemnity costs
Intellectual Property 2024-01-18 5:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A litigation funder must pay indemnity costs to CoreLogic after bankrolling a photographerā€™s unsuccessful copyright claim against the property data analytics company, with an appeals court finding it pursued the litigation for its own personal gain.

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Atomos can pursue case against US-based ex-CEO over relocation costs
Employment 2024-01-12 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Atomos’ former US-based CEO — who was fired after she failed to relocate to Melbourne — has lost her fight to stay the video technology company’s lawsuit, with a judge finding the dispute over a bridging loan for the international move should be decided under Australian law.

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Directed Electronics wins $168.5M in Hanhwa trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2023-12-21 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has won a $168.5 million award after a judge found its former manager and South Korean giant Hanhwa engaged in a “reprehensible” trade secrets theft.

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High Court says real estate agency not liable for developerā€™s source code theft
Intellectual Property 2023-12-06 4:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has found Victorian real estate agency Biggin & Scott did not authorise through “indifference” the theft of Campaigntrackā€™s source code by a software developer it hired to create a cloud-based real estate marketing platform.

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Clive Palmer loses challenge to rejection of Gold Coast development plan
Real Estate 2023-11-24 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Clive Palmer has lost his bid to overturn a council decision to reject his plan for a residential development at a Gold Coast flood plain, with a judge noting that would-be residents would be subject to the ā€œadverse odoursā€ of a nearby sewerage treatment plant.

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Judge doubts power to order irrelevant docs be produced in aged care class actions
Class Actions 2023-11-13 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has upheld a ruling that rejected a bid by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers for insurance and financial information, finding the court likely does not have the power to order the production of documents that are not relevant to the proceeding.

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ABC can’t duck entrepreneur’s defamation case
Defamation 2023-09-25 4:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed his preliminary view that cases brought in Queensland cannot be thrown out where the costs of the claims are disproportionate to their importance, allowing a defamation case by entrepreneur Robert McVicker against the ABC to proceed.Ā 

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Directed Electronics loses appeal in Hanhwa trade secrets case
Appeals 2023-09-06 11:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has lost its bid to revive copyright claims against a form business partner who it pursued as part of litigation over a scheme by two former employees to misappropriate its trade secrets through a secret side agreement with South Korean giant Hanhwa.

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NSW to face class action over correctional officer’s abuse
Class Actions 2023-08-30 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The state of New South Wales will face a class action on behalf of inmates of the Dillwynia Women’s Correctional Centre who were abused by former correctional officer Wayne Astill.

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Out with ‘including’ and ‘such as’: Judge rips into pleading in Corelogic data scraping case
Intellectual Property 2023-06-28 9:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected an amended copyright case against US-based analytics company CoreLogic, expressing his displeasure at the use of imprecise phrases like ‘including’ and “such as’ in the revised pleading.

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