Is Breaking Up Hard to Do?
3 April 2014
Xenophon proposes divestment as remedy for misuses of market power
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The ALRC releases Discussion Paper on “Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era”
2 April 2014
As we foreshadowed last month, the Australian Law Reform Commission has recently released Discussion Paper 80, on “Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era”.
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15 minutes of fame: keeping “in-app” purchases in-check
28 March 2014
The days of unauthorized in-app purchases are well and truly numbered, following a spate of private and regulatory enforcement action in the United States, and the issue being firmly on the agenda of regulators in the UK, EU and Australia.
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Bark but not bite?
28 March 2014
Court finds that the investigative and determinative powers of ACMA do not extend to making a finding that a person has committed a criminal offence
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ATMOsphere – Trade Marks Office Decisions – March 2014
28 March 2014
February/March 2014 ATMOsphere: keeping our readers up-to-date on what has been happening in the world of Trade Marks Office decisions.
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15 minutes of fame: keeping “in-app” purchases in-check
28 March 2014
Buy-bye to kids’ in-app purchases as regulators focus on unauthorised puchases as unfair practices
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The New EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court – On Track but Issues Remain…
27 March 2014
After some 40 years of stop-start progress, recent months have seen a steady build-up of momentum in relation to the proposed EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC) regime.
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Media Watchdog not an arbitrator of criminal guilt, says Full Federal Court
26 March 2014
In a recent decision the Full Federal Court has held that the powers of the ACMA do not extend to making a finding that a broadcasting licensee has committed a criminal offence.
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US government to hand over Internet domain name role
25 March 2014
Recently the US National Telecommunications & Information Administration (Department of Commerce) (“NTIA”) issued a media release announcing that the US intends to step out of its current role relating to the domain name system (“DNS”) of the Internet, resulting in a fully privatised DNS.
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The ALRC conducts Inquiry into “Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era”
21 March 2014
Commenced at the request of the Attorney-General in June 2013, this Inquiry aims to determine the scope of a potential statutory cause of action for serious breaches of privacy.
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