The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has again called for new laws to regulate digital platforms as they creep further into the daily lives of Australians through smart home devices and personal cloud storage.
Nuix had information in January 2021 which undermined the growth story presented to the market in the prospectus for its IPO, a court has heard on the first day of ASIC’s case against the tech company and a handful of former directors.
A class action against Philips Electronics over recalled sleep apnea machines is likely to proceed with a new lead applicant and law firm after the solicitor on record decided the case was not viable.
An IP Australia has knocked back PayPal’s bid to patent an AI-powered model for making purchase or donation recommendations to online shoppers at checkout, rejecting simplistic considerations of AI-related inventions.
Dentons has snagged a former principal at intellectual property firm Spruson & Ferguson to join its patents team in Sydney.
A judge has rejected Facebook owner Meta’s request to pause a case by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over scam cryptocurrency ads until a private criminal action by mining magnate Andrew Forrest is decided.
Tech company SARB has won a stay of orders barring it from selling its sensor-based system which the city of Melbourne uses for timing parked vehicles, after a judge found it infringed rival Vehicle Management Systems’ patent.
The regulator for online safety has issued X with a $610,500 infringement notice for failing to answer questions on how it addresses child sexual exploitation material on its platform.
Queensland technology company Anteotech has hit back at a lawsuit claiming it misused Ferroglobe’s confidential silicon samples in a patent application after a failed collaboration, saying the global speciality metals producer acquiesced to the use.
A judge has ordered lawsuits by Fortnite owner Epic Games against Apple and Google to be heard together with class actions against the tech giants on behalf of app developers and customers who accuse them of distorting competition in the app marketplace.