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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 Storm on the horizon: Online Pirates face rough seas ahead following amendments to the Copyright Act
New measures have been introduced to strengthen the existing website blocking scheme introduced in 2015 by allowing more pirate websites outside of Australia...
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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 Court sheds light on false comparative advertising of "Sun Wizard" products
The Federal Court has found a distributor of solar bollards liable for copyright infringement and for contraventions of consumer law in relation to a form...
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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 "Beefing" up your patent application - amendments through the courts
Cargill Inc and Branhaven LLC successfully amend patent application for method to identify commercially favourable traits in cattle in appeal before the...
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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 What has changed in the Trade Marks Act?
Recent changes to the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) arising from the Intellectual Property Laws (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures)...
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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 Spotlight short-sheeted by Chinese supplier and found to infringe copyright
Spotlight found liable for infringing copyright in artworks appearing on bed linen. The artwork design was sold to Spotlight by Bed Bath N' Table's Chinese...
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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 Would you like to add a coffee machine to your hot, half strength soy latte order? Two ATOMIC trade marks relating to the coffee industry are permitted to co-exist
Why a well-established business in the coffee machine industry was not able to oppose the registration of their trade mark ATOMIC to be used by a café...
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IP @ Ashurst
31 MAR 2019 IP Bite: IP exception removed from the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
The federal Parliament has removed the exception in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) in relation to intellectual property rights.
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Dispute REsolution Insight
29 MAR 2019 Getting maximum impact from your settlement offer
Explains Calderbank offers and the impact of timing on their effectiveness.
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Financial Services Alert
14 MAR 2019 Putting pay to misconduct
This article explains what regulated entities should do and prepare for in response to the Royal Commission's recommendations on the remuneration of executive...
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NON-PERFORMING LOANS
05 MAR 2019 A Global NPL Perspective
Over the past 12 months, we have assisted clients pursuing NPL transactions in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Greece, Cyprus and China....
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built environment insights, issue 5 | uk
04 MAR 2019 Detoxifying the planning process
When redeveloping former hazardous installations the need to remediate the land itself is apparent but what is often overlooked is the need to clean-up...
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built environment insights, issue 5 | australia
01 MAR 2019 Restricting short stay letting in residential developments
The global popularity of private short-stay letting as an alternative to booking hotel rooms has increased significantly in recent times. Online platforms...
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built environment insights, issue 5 | uk
01 MAR 2019 Purpose-Built Student Accommodation
The UK PBSA sector has seen vibrant growth in recent years and, as an asset class, PBSA has rapidly become institutionally acceptable. In this article...
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built environment insights, issue 5 | uk
01 MAR 2019 Resilient buildings - adapting to the changing climate
As the Built Environment sector is particularly vulnerable to climate change risk, it is likely to feature in the adaptation and mitigation measures adopted...
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Financial Services Alert
27 FEB 2019 Enforceable Codes of Conduct – the key points
This article explains the Hayne Royal Commission's recommendations concerning enforceable codes of conduct, including which parts of codes will be enforceable,...
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Built Environment Insights, issue 5 | UK
25 FEB 2019 Recent UK Real Estate Tax Changes
We have seen very material amounts of investment over the last few years into the UK real estate market from overseas, particularly Asian, investors. ...
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Financial services alert
20 FEB 2019 What to expect from ASIC enforcement in the "post-Hayne world"
The shift to a tougher enforcement based regulatory environment, and ASIC's need to ask itself "why not litigate", are among the best known themes coming...
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Financial Services Alert
19 FEB 2019 Switching the light on duties and governance
With a focus on the statements made in the Hayne Royal Commission Final Report, we set out our seven key takeaways for superannuation trustees on the duties...
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Financial Services Alert
15 FEB 2019 How BEAR leads to FEAR
BEAR becomes the Financial Executive Accountability Regime (or "FEAR"). This signals a major shift in financial services regulation in Australia. The Final...
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Financial Services Alert
08 FEB 2019 Reflections on the proposed mortgage broker commission recommendations
Hayne Royal Commission Insight Series: Our thoughts on the payment of commission to mortgage brokers by financiers being progressively phased out and replaced...
