Federal Court orders sky high penalty against STA Travel
29 May 2020
Under the new ACL penalty regime, the Court has ordered STA Travel to pay a penalty of $14 million for false, misleading or deceptive representations.
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The elephant in the room – is there a tort of privacy in Australian law?
15 November 2019
Because data is intangible and not protected by a single legal doctrine the law struggles to fashion appropriate remedies when data has been copied or ‘stolen’ in an unauthorised manner.
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Repeal of the IP exemption: What does this mean for you?
14 March 2019
Licensors and licensees of intellectual property rights need to act now to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act.
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Summer BOD competition: social media queens engage in trade mark litigation
12 January 2018
Social media queens Sophie Guidolin and Rachael Finch both run fitness businesses through Instagram, promoting the #healthy lifestyle.
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Sorry – your name isn’t on the list! Canada’s Supreme Court orders Google to de-index certain unlawful websites globally
14 July 2017
A decision in June by Canada’s Supreme Court in Google Inc.
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My Copyright Rules: Seven cooked by Nine in legal pressure test
19 August 2015
Are all reality TV cooking shows the same?
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Lies, damned lies and social media coverage of trade mark disputes – the TV programme previously known as “Glee”?
24 July 2014
Remember when you could rely on social media for fair, unbiased and objective coverage of the news? Me neither.
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