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New ACCC guidelines for responding to mandatory information notices

19 September 2016

The ACCC has published updated guidelines on its use of mandatory information gathering powers, following the Harper exposure draft legislation

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One door closes, another one opens

11 September 2016

By Jessica Waters

Merger review under the CCA - present and proposed processes for merger assessment in Australia

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Hand over the ouzo and no one gets hurt – Little Greek Taverna enjoins use of Little Greek Cuzina, and a Cheeky restaurant case from the UK

8 September 2016

By Bill Ladas

The owner of a registration for the LITTLE GREEK TAVERNA logo (below left) has obtained an interlocutory injunction enjoining the use of LITTLE GREEK CUZINA (below right) by two Brisbane restaurants*.

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Country of Origin labelling reforms change the ‘Made in Australia’ test

6 September 2016

By Rachel Loftus

Welcome reforms to country of origin regulations

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Winter is coming

6 September 2016

By Rob Hirst

The Federal Court grants freezing orders under the CCA

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Another case considering t-shirt branding. Has Silberquelle been transplanted into Australian law?

2 September 2016

By Bill Ladas

The Australian airline Qantas has had its opposition against the “t-shirt” mark below rejected by the Federal Court (Qantas Airways Limited v Edwards [2016] FCA 729).

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Insecure title: Don’t forget to register your security interest when supplying content on retention of title terms

1 September 2016

By Nick Sinclair

A recent judgment from the NSW Supreme Court involving the lease of gas turbines is actually a useful and important reminder to content producers seeking to retain copyright in content provided to customers until those works are paid for.

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Australian Privacy Commissioner takes expansive view of jurisdiction in Ashley Madison case

31 August 2016

By Peta Stevenson

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

By Patrick Gunning

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

By Suzy Madar

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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