Proposed new website blocking powers for the Federal Court
20 April 2015
There has been a great flurry of activity in the online copyright infringement space lately.
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Scrambling for the win: Mattel and Zynga in the UK Court of Appeal
16 April 2015
Toy manufacturing giant Mattel has won out in the final round of its recent dispute with social game services provider Zynga (of Farmville and Words with Friends fame) in the United Kingdom Court of Appeal.
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Current trends in competition law litigation
16 April 2015
Current trends in competition law litigation. The ACCC is undertaking more investigations and litigation. Trish Henry and Stephen Ridgeway discuss
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Dallas Buyers Club – Court to order the (conditional) disclosure of customer details following allegations of copyright infringement
16 April 2015
On 7 April, Justice Perram of the Federal Court of Australia found that iiNet and five other ISPs should provide the names and addresses associated with 4,716 IP addresses to Dallas Buyers Club and Voltage Pictures.
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Powers and Penalties — the Harper Review’s key enforcement recommendations
16 April 2015
This post discusses current trends in enforcement and penalties under the Competition and Consumer Act and considers the Harper Review’s key recommendations
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Clearing the way for improvements to Australia’s merger control process
16 April 2015
Clearing the way for improvements to Australia's merger control process
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Privatisation: a hot topic of public conversation
13 April 2015
KWM partners Wayne Leach & Andrew Monotti discuss competition law issues arising from privatisation and we consider the Harper Report's recommendations.
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ACCC successful in action tackling misleading carbon tax claims
10 April 2015
On 2 April 2015, the Federal Court imposed a penalty of $520,000 against Actrol Parts Pty Ltd for making false or misleading representations about the reasons for increasing the price of its HFC refrigerants.
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The art of concealment: use of a competitor’s trade marks in metatags held not to amount to copyright or trade mark infringement in Canada
8 April 2015
The Federal Court of Canada recently handed down a decision which squarely examines whether the use of metatags can constitute copyright or trade mark infringement.
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Getting mathematical about a musical treasure: “I Am Australian” in the Copyright Tribunal
7 April 2015
Back in November 2014 we reported that the iconic song, I Am Australian, was in the midst of a legal dispute in the Copyright Tribunal of Australia (Tribunal) between one of its co-authors, Bruce Woodley of The Seekers, and the Commonwealth Government.
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