Officeworks Superstores Pty Ltd re Officeworks Agreement 2012 [2012] FWAA 4358 (21 May 2012)
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ON THIS DAY in 2012, the High Court of Australia delivered Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Hellicar & Ors [2012] HCA 17 (3 May 2012).
The non-executive directors of James Hardie Industries Limited named in these proceedings were held to have breached their duties as directors by approving the release of a misleading announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange regarding the funds to be made available for the payment of asbestos related injury and death claims following a restructure sending the company offshore.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/17.html
Sydney, Australia
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Eather v Mosman Municipal Council [2012] NSWLEC 92 (1 May 2012).
Mosman Municipal Council v Harvey and Fitzgerald [2012] NSWLEC 83 (24 April 2012).
Mosman Municipal Council v Harvey and Fitzgerald [2012] NSWLEC 83 (24 April 2012).
ON THIS DAY in 2012, the High Court of Australia delivered Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Limited [2012] HCA 16 (20 April 2012).
The court held that iiNet had not authorised its customers to infringe the copyright of Roadshow and a number of other film and television companies.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/16.html
ON THIS DAY in 2012, the Commonwealth Parliament passed the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012. Most of the Act commenced on 15 April 2013.
The Act reforms Australian intellectual property law. It amends the Patent Act 1990, Copyright Act 1968, Trade Marks Act 1995, Designs Act 2003 and Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994.
The bar has indeed been raised for patent entitlement whilst patent protection has been strengthened. The Act also introduces a raft of procedural and jurisdictional reforms.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/iplatba2012517/
363 Military Road Mosman Pty Ltd v The Owners Strata Plan 72814 [2012] NSWSC 263 (21 March 2012).