Tug of War: ACCC v TasPorts
10 December 2019
The ACCC has commenced proceedings against TasPorts claiming that TasPorts misused its market power in an attempt to 'capsize' a competitor, Engage Marine.
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Hyperlinks killed the radio star: High Court of England and Wales ‘Tunes In’ to the radio streaming debate
9 December 2019
Last month, the High Court of England and Wales delivered its judgment in a test-case for copyright and Internet communications: Warner Music UK Ltd & Sony Music UK Ltd v TuneIn Inc.
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Any comments sofa-r? Government response on Designs consultation
21 November 2019
When, in May of 2012, the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) was set the mammoth task, the Australian designs system had been operating without review since its inception, some 8 years prior.
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Patent Wars: A New Hope (or, the Inventor Strikes Back!)
20 November 2019
On 23 October 2019, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom handed down its highly anticipated decision in Shanks v Unilever Plc and others [2019] UKSC 45.
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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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ACCCount Report acccounts for a number of firsts
13 November 2019
Hot off the heels of its Annual Report (which re recently wrote about) the ACCC has published its quarterly ACCCount report for July – September 2019.
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UK Premier League scores big in battle against illegal streaming devices
12 November 2019
A recent case of the City of London Magistrate’s Court has become the first in the United Kingdom to definitively rule that the sale of illegal streaming devices constitutes a breach of copyright law.
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A way forward for Wayback Machine evidence
8 November 2019
The Wayback Machine,[1] a digital archive that stores historical copies of websites at specific points in time, is the scourge of former keyboard warriors wishing they could scrub the internet of cringe-inducing Myspace profiles or angsty blog posts.
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Looking in the rear view mirror: ACCC Annual Report 2018/19
1 November 2019
The ACCC has published its 2018/19 Annual Report, providing us with an in-depth look at its operations for the year.
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