Australian Privacy Commissioner takes expansive view of jurisdiction in Ashley Madison case
31 August 2016
The relevance of a connection to the jurisdiction to establish liability for breach of Australian laws
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Australian Privacy Commissioner takes expansive view of jurisdiction in Ashley Madison case
31 August 2016
Many regulators take an expansive view of their remit, and the Australian Privacy Commissioner has acted in this way in the Ashley Madison case.
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Full Court warns against dangerous affliction of parameteritis (and confirms invalidity of aripiprazole patent)
26 August 2016
On Wednesday the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia handed down a decision in which it upheld Justice Yates’ findings that Otsuka’s patent relating to aripiprazole, a drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia, is invalid for want of novelty and inventive step.
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Oze, Oze, Oze: A Mitey Victory for Dick Smith Investments Pty Ltd
18 August 2016
The Federal Court has ruled that Dick Smith’s Ozemite trade mark can remain on the Register, forcing patriotic-spread-loving Australians to choose between it and competitor, Aussie Mite.
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Wi-fi tracking of students in Australia
17 August 2016
Recent publicity about an Australian university’s practice of tracking the location of people connected to the university’s wi-fi network raises a mixture of policy and legal issues.
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ACCC publishes Part IIIA access undertakings guidelines
16 August 2016
The ACCC has published its Part IIIA access undertaking guidelines, following a public consultation on the draft in May 2016
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An apparently ‘precious’ ring: Federal Court grants summary judgment to rule them all
12 August 2016
The Federal Court of Australia has given summary judgment in Tolkien Estate Limited v Saltalamacchia [2016] FCA 944 for Tolkien Estate Limited (representing the estate of the late JRR Tolkien) against a jewellery trader selling rings bearing the infamous inscription of the ‘One Ring’ from Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series.
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You win some, you lose some
11 August 2016
Partial win for the ACCC in high voltage cable cartel litigation
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“Your word is your bond”: Is Trump’s plagiarism of Obama copyright infringement?
10 August 2016
As the US presidential election continues, with it comes more copyright controversies.
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