Law Firms

The trademarks office has knocked back Naked Wines' opposition to an Adelaide winemaker’s Nearly Naked trademark, finding that the popular wine retailer had failed to substantiate its reputation in the industry.

Real estate asset manager Dexus has won access to advice given by the lawyers of two shareholders of airport operator APAC over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed. 

A judge has handed Shinetec a win in its dispute with the developer of a scuttled $185 million project in Sydney, finding that $48 million owed by the builder to its parent company after the developer called on a letter of credit fell within the definition of ‘secured money’.

An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease. 

After losing a fight over access to millions of seized documents, Fortescue has settled its trade secrets case against green iron company Element Zero.

A court has upheld the $63.8 million valuation of an inner-Sydney high-rise, rejecting Meriton's argument that it should be reduced to $52 million because of its isolation from public transport.

Chinese video game giant Tencent can amend a bid to register its Arena Breakout videogame trade marks, after IP Australia found only minimal overlap with Foxtel’s ‘Arena’ brand.

HopgoodGanim Lawyers will upgrade its headquarter office next month with its move to 360 Queen Street in the centre of Brisbane's commercial precinct. 

Baker McKenzie has lured a Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer partner to head the firm's project finance team, specialising in infrastructure and power projects.

A homophobic tweet aimed at independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich may have approached “vulgar abuse" but was just part of the cut and thrust of Australian political debate, former One Nation politician Mark Latham has said.