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.
In the hit 1991 film Point Break the FBI sends young agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) undercover at the beach to mix with surfers (including Bohdi, Patrick Swayze) that they believe could be members of a gang that robs banks wearing masks of ex-US presidents.
Last year we blogged about the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona – a medically themed hamburger restaurant with fat-laden food served by waitresses dressed as nurses – and its action against Heart Stoppers Sports Grill for copying its idea.
Owners of copyright in entertainment content have for some time now been faced with a significant challenge in stamping out infringement by recourse to the courts.
You thought that social networking site Twitter, launched in 2006, was an exemplar of internet entrepreneurship, at the forefront of digital innovation, bravely creating entirely new ways for people to interact, communicate and socialise?
American country music duo the Bellamy Brothers are reportedly considering suing Britney Spears, arguing that her new song “Hold It Against Me” infringes copyright in their 1979 Tex-Mex hit “If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me”.
The Heart Attack Grill in Arizona recently filed a complaint against Heart Stoppers Sports Grill in Florida for, among other things, trade mark infringement and unfair competition.