Vioxx class action: special leave refused
10 July 2012
On 15 May 2012 the High Court refused special leave to appeal from the decision of the Full Federal Court to refuse to award damages in the Vioxx class action.
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Heart Attacks rife in New York: 2nd Ave Deli allowed to continue selling Instant Heart Attack sandwich
9 July 2012
We previously posted (an inordinate number of times, see here), about the trade mark dispute between the Heart Attack Grill (HAG) and the 2nd Ave Deli (Deli), over the Deli’s offering of an Instant Heart Attack sandwich and proposed offering of a Triple Bypass Sandwich.
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Mergers aren’t Ezi: NZCC declines clearance application by epay
6 July 2012
NZCC has declined epay’s application for clearance of its proposed acquisition of Ezi-Pay in the first merger opposition by the NZCC since October 2008.
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Software giant fined 860 million euros for failure to comply with EC ruling
5 July 2012
The fine applies to Microsoft’s non-compliance with its information-sharing obligations flowing from a 2004 decisions relating to anti-competitive conduct.
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ECJ Advocate General says the EC can seek damages as a customer of a cartelist that it has fined
5 July 2012
ECJ Advocate General issued an opinion that the European Commission can claim damages from cartelists in its capacity as a customer.
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The English finally win a European football final – albeit in the Courts, not on the pitch
4 July 2012
Advocate General Cruz Villalón of the European Court of Justice has recently provided advice to the English Court of Appeal on where acts of “extraction” and “re-utilisation” take place over the internet, for the purpose of determining whether a sui generis database right has been infringed.
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Cha-ching – The highest penalties in the world and the FTC is still not happy?
3 July 2012
FTC focus on restitution & disgorgement, overturning previous policy statement, could have implications for current investigations & future probes.
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A Rare Moment of Agreement in Europe: Paris to host Unitary Patent Central Court
3 July 2012
In a rare moment of consensus in Europe, last week EU member states agreed to create a Unitary Patent Central Court accompanied by two sector specific Courts.
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Two boy bands’ claims to the one trade mark head in opposing directions
27 June 2012
We know that you’ve all been Up All Night waiting with bated breath for news regarding UK heartthrobs One Direction and their battle with their US namesakes over rights to the “One Direction” trade mark (see our earlier post here).
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Google takes consumer watchdog to High Court over misleading AdWords
26 June 2012
The High Court has granted Google special leave to appeal a unanimous Full Federal Court decision which found that Google had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct concerning “sponsored links” or “AdWords” that appeared on the search engine.
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