A judge has lifted an injunction against an Optus ad campaign after ruling that Telstra failed to make its case that the ‘Empires End’ campaign was misleading or deceptive.
Telstra has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and breached the Australian Consumer Law with its ‘Unlimited’ advertising campaign, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Telecom giant Optus has been ordered to pay a $1.5 million penalty for misleading customers about the transition to the National Broadband Network.
Optus and Telstra squared off court on Friday over an allegedly misleading ad campaign for the second time in a week, this time over Telstra’s ‘Unlimited’ ad campaign.
Optus was ordered Wednesday to temporarily pull an ad that Telstra alleges makes a false and damaging claim about the superiority of Optus’ mobile network.
Telecom giant Optus has come up short in a Federal Court challenge to trademark registration for health services company Optum, with a judge saying the two company’s marks — despite the difference of just one letter — were distinct enough.
A Federal Court judge has ordered Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to block 16 online sites for pirated content.
A Federal Court judge on Thursday ordered Telstra to pay $10 million in penalties after admitting it misled customers by billing them for mobile phone apps they unwittingly bought.
Facebook has struck back at calls for regulation of digital platforms that distribute news content, saying consumers stand to lose from regulatory meddling.
The Australian consumer regulator has questioned the long-term commercial viability of the NBN, saying consumers may lose their appetite for increased broadband speeds when the network’s prices go up.