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Roadshow wins bid to block piracy sites
Intellectual Property 2018-04-27 9:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Federal Court judge has ordered Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to block 16 online sites for pirated content. 

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Rio Tinto subsidiary appeals after IP Australia rejects mining patent
Intellectual Property 2018-04-23 6:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources Pty Ltd is appealing a decision by IP Australia to refuse a patent application for a method of separating mined material that was deemed a “purely logistical process”.

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RMIT whistleblower wins subpoena request
Employment 2018-04-17 10:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former RMIT worker suing the university for allegedly firing him after he blew the whistle on a colleague for selling exam answers to students has won a bid to subpoena documents from the Victorian Ombudsman. 

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White King maker fined $700,000 over ‘flushable’ wipes
Article 2018-04-14 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Consumer goods maker Pental Ltd will pay $700,000 in penalties after admitting it misled customers about its ‘flushable’ White King toilet and bathroom cleaner wipes.

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Judge orders Hytera to produce US docs in Motorola patent case
Intellectual Property 2018-04-04 3:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge overseeing Motorola Solutions’ patent infringement suit against Hytera Communications has ordered the Chinese company to hand over documents in evidence in the companies’ U.S. litigation ahead of producing documents held in China.

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Patent exhaustion debate may be headed for High Court
Intellectual Property 2018-03-21 2:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Printer cartridge seller Calidad may take its arguments over the exhaustion of patent rights to the High Court, the company told the Federal Court in its challenge to an infringement win for Japanese electronics giant Seiko Epson.

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Viagogo knew ‘from the outset’ how much it charged customers, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-21 11:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Viagogo could calculate from the start of the booking process how much it would charge in booking and handling fees for event tickets, but kept customers in the dark, the ACCC said in a recent court document, rebutting the online ticket reseller’s defense in the consumer regulator’s case.

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Heinz violated law with sugary kids snacks, court finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-19 8:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

H.J. Heinz Company Australia Ltd made misleading claims about the health benefits of its Little Kids Shredz products, the Federal Court said Monday.  

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Viagogo denies ACCC’s claims of hidden, hefty fees
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-13 8:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Online ticket reseller Viagogo has shot back at the consumer regulator’s allegations that it charged hefty fees and was not upfront about it, saying in a recently filed defence that its pricing was “adequately disclosed” on its website.

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Reckitt Benckiser appeals Nurofen loss
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-03-05 11:44 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Reckitt Benckiser has filed an appeal against GlaxoSmithKline, after a judge found the consumer goods giant misled consumers with claims that Nurofen was a more effective pain killer than its rival’s Panadol and ordered it to pay all of GlaxoSmithKline’s legal bill.

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