The ACCC has accepted undertakings from Telstra and Optus not to renew agreements requiring them to pre-install Google apps on Android devices as part of its competition probe into Google.
In a landmark competition case, Apple has told the Federal Court that Epic Games and other developers should not be allowed to “freeride” on the resources and user base the tech giant has āspent many billionsā to develop.Ā
Five years after it was first hit with a competition case by Dialogue Consulting, Meta has filed a cross-claim against the Melbourne social media company, alleging it collects and stores Instagram user login credentials and instructs clients to provide inaccurate information to the platform.
Start-up Element Zero claims Fortescue did not disclose material information to the court when it obtained search orders in its case alleging “industrial scale misuse” of the mining company’s confidential information.
Video game maker Epic Games has attacked as “entirely contrived” the defence by Apple in closing submissions in a Federal Court trial of its landmark competition case, pointing to the tech giant’s lack of evidence, including from CEO Tim Cook.
The top judge of the NSW Supreme Court has issued a warning over the use of artificial intelligence by practitioners, saying the technology may āencourage or feed laziness in research and analysisā.
An IP Australia delegate has shot down Appleās application to patent a touchscreen interface used on its electronic devices, calling the invention a ālogistical schemeā for organising media files rather than a technological innovation.Ā
Lawyers are in no immediate danger of losing their jobs to AI, according to a leading law firm, which has foundĀ that asking large language models legal questions you don’t already know the answers to is risky business.
ASIC chair Joe Longo has called on lawyers to be bold in their embrace of emerging technologies, saying lawyers āmust be careful with generative AI but not afraid of itā.Ā
A judge has ruled gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies cannot patent its Lightning Link electronic poker machine, after six High Court Justices split on whether the popular game was eligible for patent protection.