Practice Directions published for Hong Kong Competition Tribunal
22 December 2015
Newly established Hong Kong Competition Tribunal to hear cases under the relevant practice and procedural rules
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Hong Kong engineering boss guilty of bid-rigging
22 December 2015
Hong Kong Corruption Commission targeting bid-rigging as engineer boss found guilty
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Same same but different? Federal Court finds Reckitt Benckiser’s/Nurofen’s marketing of the ‘specific pain relief’ range constitutes misleading and deceptive conduct
22 December 2015
Last week Justice Edelman delivered judgment in the Federal Court, finding that Reckitt Benckiser (Australia)’s packaging and website descriptions of the Nurofen ‘Specific Pain Range’ constituted misleading or deceptive conduct under section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law (‘ACL’).
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Computer implemented business methods – routine patent cases for the Australian courts?
21 December 2015
A Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia appeared to suggest that patent cases involving claimed inventions for computer implemented business methods can be determined using an established framework and such cases are no longer at the cutting edge of patentability – that mantle has been assumed by gene technology.
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Solicitor’s defamation action dismissed for lacking ‘The Vibe’
18 December 2015
The District Court of Queensland has dismissed a solicitor’s claim for defamation based on an imputation conveyed by the words ‘Dennis Denuto’.
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Headache for Reckitt Benckiser after court finds misleading and deceptive conduct
17 December 2015
The Federal Court of Australia has found that Reckitt Benckiser engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in the packaging and online information about a range of Nurofen products
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ACCC Empowered to Vet VET Sector
16 December 2015
The vocational education and training (VET) sector is under the spotlight for misleading conduct and false representations, as ACCC litigates to resolve
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Choose your own section 46 adventure
11 December 2015
The Australian Government is seeking submissions on the proposed reform of Australia’s misuse of market power laws under section 46 of the CCA
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High Court reinstates agreed penalties
9 December 2015
The practice of parties negotiating “settlements” and making submissions on agreed penalties has been restored
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Harper puts more public and private enforcement of the CCA in play
9 December 2015
Harper puts more public and private enforcement of the CCA in play
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