In a recent decision, the NSW Supreme Court, found that a company can be considered a publisher of allegedly defamatory comments posted by members of the public on its Facebook page. ...

we look at the ACCCs current enforcement activities on credence claims in food labelling the development of a national information standard for the contentious area of free-range eggs in light of the industrys failure to selfregulate a Federal Court decision that provides some welcome clarification ...

The Federal Court has awarded a substantial penalty of $500,000 against a franchisor that had contravened both the Australian Consumer Law and the Franchising Code of Conduct ...

American rapper Cardi B brought trade mark law into news headlines recently when the rapper's company, Washpoppin Inc., lodged trade mark applications in the US for 'OKURRR ...

In an effort to reduce the rate of online copyright infringement the Australian Government has introduced a Bill that will allow copyright owners to apply for an injunction requiring internet service providers to take steps to block piracy websites from their users Senior Associate Jonathan ...

In the culmination of a hard-fought patent dispute the High Court of Australia has unanimously ruled that Myriad Genetics patent claims to isolated nucleic acid coding for the mutant or polymorphic BRCA1 polypeptide are not valid ...

Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has released a draft industry code that would introduce a copyright infringement notice scheme for internet service providers ...

Despite strong criticism of Vox Populis pricing scheme as predatory and exploitative brand owners are paying hefty premiums for early registration in the yourbrandsucks domain string With sunrise registration closing on 29 May 2015 you should now be taking the necessary steps to ensure your company ...

In response to a range of concerns from stakeholders the Federal Government has decided to postpone controversial amendments to the inventive step requirements Partner Linda Govenlock and Senior Associate Lauren John report on this significant development ...

The difficulty of registering a colour mark or word mark denoting a colour that include issues of market place recognition was highlighted by a recent set of appeals revolving around the use of the word Yellow in a tussle between various business directory goods and service providers Partner Sarah ...