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Towering deals: Allens acts on sale of nine Australian office buildings
Allens is acting for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Investa Property Group on the sale of nine premium office towers in what is reported to be the biggest-ever direct real estate ...
Allens advises Brambles on specialist containers acquisition
International law firm Allens has advised global supply chain logistics company Brambles Limited on its acquisition of the Ferguson Group for an enterprise value of £320 million (US$545 million). ...
Allens advises Aristocrat on A$1.37bn US acquisition
Allens has advised Aristocrat Leisure Limited ( Aristocrat ) on its A$1.37bn acquisition of Tennessee based Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. ( VGT ). Aristocrat will fund the acquisition and refinan ...
Allens advises ACCIONA on Geotech acquisition
Allens has advised ACCIONA on its acquisition of Australian engineering and construction group Geotech. The deal includes a cash payment of $197 million and a 17.6 per cent stake in a new subsidiar ...
Drones – a patent perspective
The military and high-priced wedding videographers are no longer the only ones actively using drones. Companies from a variety of fields are coming up with innovative uses for drone technologies, and patenting them. Associate Evan Wilcox, aeronautical engineer turned patent attorney, describes a few ...
Brace for the Twitterstorm – US appeals court to decide whether embedded Tweets infringed copyright
A US district court judge has found that several online publishers infringed copyright when they embedded Tweets featuring a photograph protected by copyright. The decision has now been appealed, and could have far-reaching consequences for online media outlets. ...
Acquiring a business? How to 'transfer' social media accounts
Our IP team frequently assists with the sale or purchase of a business, advising on the scope of relevant IP to be transferred and how to transfer that IP ...
The Federal Court's first look at enablement and support
The Federal Court has taken a first look at the enablement and support provisions of section 40 of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) (the Act) as amended by the 'Raising the Bar' Act 2012 (Cth) (RTB). ...
Federal Court sheds new light on public benefit test in Tatts/Tabcorp merger appeal
The Federal Courts decision about the proposed TabcorpTatts merger has provided significant clarification about the public benefit test for authorisations This is timely in light of the legislation before the Senate that proposes to combine the Tribunal authorisation process with the formal ACCC ...
Greater ACCC scrutiny of contentious mergers
ACCC Chairman Rod Sims has outlined that the ACCC will adopt a more intensive information-gathering approach when reviewing contentious mergers Partner Jacqueline Downes and Associate Lovelle DSouza report ...