Melissa Caddick wearing a sapphire and diamond necklace, with her husband, Anthony Koletti.
Distressed victims who invested millions of dollars with missing Australian woman Melissa Caddick objected to her husband and son requesting what was described as a “staggering” A$4880 (NZ$5188) a week for living expenses, an Australian Federal Court hearing was told. Stephanie Fendekian, representing the corporate regulator Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), told the court on Tuesday that investigations into Caddick’s alleged misappropriation of clients’ funds commenced on September 8 and that she disappeared shortly after her accounts were frozen and her Sydney house was raided, which took place last month.
2020 Google joins HEVC pool; No RPX BlackBerry bid; Huge chip patent deal revealed; DoJ official issues anti-suit injunction warning; Canada ups its IP game; plus much more
Everything we covered on IAM over the last seven days – and all you need to know from the global IP market to set yourself up for the start of another busy week
MONDAY 7th December
Globalfoundries transferred a large patent portfolio to rival TSMC several months after the pair settled their high-profile IP dispute. Read more here
A ruling revolving around obviousness and common general knowledge, which saw a Wyeth patent vaccine invalidated, is the first to be handed down by a new English High Court judge. Read more here