Hefty increases to ACL penalties
The Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measure No. 3) Act 2018 (Cth) commenced on 1 September 2018, introducing significant increases to the maximum penalties for breaches of the Australian Consumer Law.
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Acquisition of business: hedging your IP bets
In Sportsbet Pty Ltd v Crownbet Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1045, Australia’s biggest non-retail bookmaker, Sportsbet Pty Ltd, has been successful in obtaining an interlocutory injunction preventing [...]
Read article2017 Retail leasing reforms – benefits for lessors
The Retail Leases Amendment (Review) Act 2017 No 2 came into force on 1 July 2017 and made a number of important amendments to the Retail Leases Act 1994. This article looks at the benefits for [...]
Read articlePaying the penalty – recent victories for the ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its action against Thermomix In Australia Pty Ltd after the Federal Court ruled that Thermomix knowingly kept safety issues relating to [...]
Read articleBeer Wars: was it a case of passing off? ‘Pacific Ale’ vs ‘Thunder Road Pacific’
This recent decision holds significant implications for businesses as it suggests that, in certain circumstances, competitors may freely use similar, almost identical, phrases in marketing their [...]
Read articleCrowd-sourced funding to become available to privately-held companies
The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Bill 2017 (the Bill), if passed, will extend CSF to privately-held companies. This would open up significant [...]
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