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Using your trade marks in colour? Act now to confirm appropriate coverage in the UK and Europe for your valuable brands

17 April 2014

IP practitioners have heard it all when it comes to rules of thumb. The infamous “10 percent rule” immediately springs to mind

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More fuel in the ACCC’s fire as ‘shop-a-docket’ proceedings partially successful

17 April 2014

By David Crino

ACCC partially successful in its case against Woolworths, but fails to establish that Coles breached its court enforceable undertaking on fuel discounts.

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To be or not to be Australian Made

16 April 2014

By Hanna Gyton

The ACCC has published the Country of origin claims and Australian Consumer Law Guide to assist businesses in making countyr of origin claims.

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ACCC simplifies policy on cartel immunity and cooperation

16 April 2014

By Jax Arnold

Draft policy on immunity and cooperation for cartel conduct released by ACCC, along with a helpful list of frequently asked questions.

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High Court grants special leave to appeal extension of time in pharmaceutical patent case

15 April 2014

By James Ellsmore

Last Friday the High Court of Australia granted Alphapharm special leave to appeal from a decision of the Full Federal Court in Aspen Pharma Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S FCAFC 129. The Full Court’s decision affirmed an earlier decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to grant Lundbeck an extension of time in which to make an application to extend the term of its patent for (+)-citalopram.

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Federal Court analyses part of the National Privacy Principles

9 April 2014

By Patrick Gunning

On 27 March 2014 the Federal Court of Australia decided a case in which it was necessary to form a view of the meaning of one of the National Privacy Principles. Since the National Privacy Principles came into force in December 2001 there have only been two cases in the Federal Court of Australia to consider the substance of the obligations imposed by any of those principles.

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