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High Court clarifies test for implied terms, says CoreLogic did not infringe photographer’s copyright
Intellectual Property 2022-12-14 5:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has found that property data analytics firm CoreLogic did not infringe a real estate photographer’s copyright by uploading images from realestate.com.au to its platform, overturning a decision of the Full Federal Court.

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Corelogic again seeks to block copyright case over data scraping
Intellectual Property 2022-12-02 1:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Property data analytics firm CoreLogic is taking aim again at a lawsuit accusing it of unauthorised scraping of confidential information from building information provider BCI Media’s copyright-protected leads platform, months after a judge found the case was “defective and deficient”.

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Directed Electronics wins suit over ‘reprehensible’ theft by ex-manager
Intellectual Property 2022-11-25 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has largely prevailed in a five-year-old lawsuit alleging a former manager misappropriated company information and reaped $3.6 million in commissions through a secret side agreement with South Korean giant Hanhwa.

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Freezing order stands in Sportsbet’s domain name spat with owner of sportsbet.com
Intellectual Property 2022-11-21 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bookmaker Sportsbet has defeated a bid to overturn a freezing order against the owner of the sportsbet.com domain name in a trade mark infringement dispute stemming from a promotion agreement.

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Corelogic wins bid to nix copyright infringement case over data scraping
Intellectual Property 2022-09-26 4:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has struck out claims accusing Corelogic of unauthorised scraping of confidential information from building information provider BCI Media’s copyright-protected leads platform, finding the case was “defective and deficient in many respects”.

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Moore Stephens ex-partner barred from bringing all but one claim against former colleague
Corporate 2022-08-31 11:28 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has barred a retired Moore Stephens partner from bringing all but a single claim against a former colleague who allegedly failed to account to the partnership for unauthorised profit in excess of $11 million.

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MobiSuper, ZIB Financial fined $250,000 for ‘misleading’ superannuation marketing
Financial Services 2022-08-29 6:16 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has fined superannuation fund promoter MobiSuper and licensee ZIB Financial $250,000 for misleading marketing calls.

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‘Alarming consequences’ if each building warranty breach creates new claim, court says
Construction 2022-08-26 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that separate breaches of statutory building warranties do not create individual causes of action, in a win for an owners corporation bringing claims against the builder of an allegedly defective Haymarket apartment building.

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Biggin & Scott shouldn’t be liable for ‘indifference’ to source code infringement, High Court told
High Court 2022-08-22 2:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Biggen & Scott should not be held liable for copyright infringement for its supposed “indifference” to the copying of real estate marketing platform Campaigntrack’s source code by a developer, the real estate agency group argues in a special leave application to the High Court.

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Judge approves $52M settlement in Takata airbags class actions
Class Actions 2022-08-15 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $52 million settlement is six class actions against car makers for allegedly selling cars fitted with deadly Takata airbags, under which individuals group members will get around $600 after $31.7 million in expenses is deducted.

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