The Full Federal court released its decision in Jones (Liquidator) v Matrix Partners Pty Ltd that trust assets should be applied first in paying employees and other statutory preferred creditors. ...

Many of you will be familiar with the long and tortured history of fees and costs disclosure regulation in Australia. The most recent set of issues can be traced back to 2014 when ASIC tried to address what it considered to be gaps in and inconsistent application of the former regime ...

Last year was a big year for cybersecurity Organisations were forced to grapple with an increasingly complex regulatory environment as governments across the globe continued to navigate how to best protect personal information in the face of increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats We look ...

Justice Jagot's mammoth judgment in Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wyeth sets down important principles relating to claims for damages under the usual undertaking as to damages, where an interlocutory injunction has been wrongly granted. ...

Australian start-up ROKT has had a major win in the fight for software-related inventions. Senior Associate and Patent Attorney Pasquale Aliberti considers the ramifications. ...

In the latest chapter of one the longest-running sagas in Australian patent litigation history, the Deputy Commissioner of Patents has retrospectively granted Sandoz a licence to exploit Lundbeck's patent for its blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro® (escitalopram). The licence, only the second of its kind to be granted in Australia, provides Sandoz with a defence to Lundbeck's multi-million dollar infringement claim. ...

Telstra Corporation Limited v BelongEnergy Pty Ltd (VID206/2019), recently resolved by consent orders in Telstra's favour, highlights the importance and utility of adequate trade mark protection. ...

There have been significant, and proposed, trade mark law developments across the globe which are likely to inform trade mark portfolio strategy. ...

The European Commission has recently established the world's first counterfeit and piracy watch list, which aims to crack down on counterfeiting and piracy both within the European Union and in external suspect markets. Partner Tim Golder and Vacation Clerk Scott Sidley report. ...

In this update we summarise the progress of new and existing rule change requests across the month of May and take a closer look at the AEMC's final report on the regulatory framework for stand-alone power systems. ...