PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for orders for preservation of documents – where orders made referring the issue of the extent and nature of discovery for consideration at a conference by a registrar – where applicant alleges that system updates to computing software used by the respondent may compromise the discovery process – whether likely that documents will be lost or destroyed – whether preservation orders appropriate in the circumstances – held materials in support of application do not reveal a basis for concern that critical documents will be destroyed or lost – orders as sought by the applicant would circumvent the conference to be convened before the registrar – application dismissed
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AstraZeneca AB v Pharmacor Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 88
PATENTS – patent entitled “C-aryl glucoside SGLT2 inhibitors and method” which relates to the chemical compound ‘dapagliflozin’– consideration of principles relating to selection patents and whether they form part of Australian law PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – patents – interlocutory injunction application to restrain launch of generic products prior to expiry of term of patent –…
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Australian Securities and Investments Commission v FIIG Securities Limited [2026] FCA 92
CORPORATIONS – Financial services licence – ASIC sought declaration under s 1317E(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) in respect of admitted contraventions of s 912A of the Corporations Act – ASIC sought orders imposing a pecuniary penalty in an agreed sum – where defendant was subject to a cyber attack as a…
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Quach v Registrar of Trade Marks (No 2) [2026] FCA 57
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for extension of time in which to appeal a decision of the Registrar of Trade Marks under r 34.25 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (Rules) – where applicant self-represented – where applicant laboured under a misinterpretation of the Rules – where proposed appeal has no prospects of success…
