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Allens boosts patents team with two senior hires
Allens has bolstered its experience in medical devices, quantum computing and renewable energy with the appointment of two experienced patent attorneys to its growing patents team. Tracey Webb join ...
Gradual steps towards online copyright infringement reform
Telecommunications industry body the Communications Alliance has released a draft industry code that would introduce a copyright infringement notice scheme for internet service providers ...
An overhaul of regulation of software as a medical device - what's on the horizon?
Proposed new regulatory rules for software as a medical device will if enacted have serious implications for suppliers to the Australian market who will likely have to meet more stringent requirements that could conflict with those in the US and Europe Special Counsel Ric Morgan and Senior Associate ...
'Fairness in Franchising' report: What you need to know
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has completed its inquiry into the operation and effectiveness of the Franchising Code of Conduct the Franchising Code The Committees report recommends 71 wide-ranging recommendations to address perceived power imbalances and ...
Australia releases model for implementing the Nagoya Protocol
The Federal Government has released a model for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol that will have major implications for those who use genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge for biodiscovery Partner Sarah Matheson and Lawyer Julieane Bull provide an overview of changes ...
Faster TGA disclosure - what it means for pharmaceutical patent litigation
The TGA has consulted on whether it should disclose earlier that a prescription medicine is under evaluation and what types of prescription medicines should be published. ...
Sugar is a health hazard
The Federal Court has found that the packaging of the Little Kids Shredz childrens food range produced by food giant Heinz was misleading to consumers because it suggested the high sugar products were nutritious and healthy ...
Food Law Bulletin
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 ...
Beverage get-up round-up
Recent Federal Court beverage cases illustrate the challenges involved in protecting and enforcing secondary marks on food and beverage product packaging. ...
Big Kiwi fights Chicken Little
Is it misleading to use the term ‘chicken’ in relation to a vegetarian substitute for chicken? The Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand seem to think so. ...