Large fines to Red Balloon proof that ban on excessive surcharges isn’t all hot air
11 January 2018
How amendments to the regulation of excessive surcharges will affect both businesses and consumers in Australia
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Voltaren feeling the burn as advertising inflames the ACCC
10 January 2018
The consumer regulator is once again cracking down on products that claim to provide ‘targeted pain relief’
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New car industry in the ACCC’s headlights
8 January 2018
The ACCC’s latest market study recommends that changes be made to improve consumer outcomes in the new car retailing industry.
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Blocking geo-blocking
22 December 2017
New European regulations prohibiting geo-blocking conduct to be introduced in online shopping in 2018. Will it chip at the road block in Australia?
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Spinning the wheel – Star Wars Battlefront 2 brings gambling regulatory spotlight on lootboxes
22 December 2017
If you have more than the most passing of interests in the video game industry, you will know that the hot topic in the field for the past few weeks has been the use of “lootboxes” by Electronic Arts as a reward system in their new title Star Wars: Battlefront 2.
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Second throw of the dice unsuccessful: Full Federal Court confirms Hepatitis C drug patent is invalid
21 December 2017
The recent decision of the Full Court in Idenix Pharmaceuticals v Gilead Sciences [2017] FCAFC 196 illustrates the power of the grounds of lack of utility and lack of sufficiency under section 40 of the Patents Act when challenging the validity of a patent.
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Google, Facebook (and other ‘internet giants’) under ACCC scrutiny
12 December 2017
Under ACCC scrutiny... The ACCC commenced its inquiry into digital platforms on 4 December 2017.
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The long track to the finish – will the new merger authorisation process provide timing certainty?
22 November 2017
The Australian Competition Tribunal has authorised the Tabcorp-Tatts merger. Can the new merger authorisation regime be used to achieve timing certainty?
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Happy First Birthday to the Unfair Terms Extension to Small Business
14 November 2017
Possibly as a birthday present to itself the ACCC released a statement on the first birthday of the extension of the unfair terms regime to small businesses
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Competition law reforms take effect
7 November 2017
After four years of consultation and debate, some of the most significant reforms to Australia’s competition laws came into effect yesterday.
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