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Media Update - Australia
25 MAR 2020 True Crime & Punishment: Legal Risks in True Crime Series
In response to the boom in true crime, we have prepared a guide to the legal risks of true crime documentary series and podcasts, including defamation,...
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Life Sciences Update - Australia
28 FEB 2020 TGA flexes its muscles with a proposal to bulk-up regulation of sports supplements
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has received submissions regarding a proposal to declare that certain sports supplements, when used, advertised...
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LIFE SCIENCES UPDATE - australia
22 JAN 2020 No new genetic material, no regulation, no problems?
The Gene Technology Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2019 remain in force following a failed Senate motion to disallow.
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media update - australia
26 NOV 2019 Practice makes perfect? Reviewing the new Federal Court Defamation Practice Note
The Federal Court has issued its first practice note in relation to defamation. This article considers some of the significant points of the practice note...
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life sciences update - australia
30 OCT 2019 Recommendations for change: reform of medicinal cannabis regulation in Australia
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Eoin Martyn, Senior Associate and Judy Zhao, Graduate.
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IP @ Ashurst Alert
24 SEP 2019 Full Court declines to stipulate boundaries for patentable computer-implemented inventions
The appeal by Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd was dismissed and the Full Court agreed with the primary judge that two of its patents were invalid.
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media update
27 AUG 2019 No Comment: The Decision in Voller and liability for comments on public Facebook pages
Owners and administrators of public Facebook pages may be liable for defamation for third party comments published on those Facebook pages in response...
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MEDIA UPDATE
22 AUG 2019 A tort of privacy: an invitation from the High Court?
The High Court of Australia has indicated that there is scope for the development and recognition of a tort of privacy to protect confidential information...
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IP @ Ashurst Update - Australia
30 JUL 2019 Apple secures patent office victory for computer-implemented invention
We examine the decision by the Australian Patent Office in Apple, Inc. [2019] APO 32 continues a recent trend of recognising the patentability of computer...
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Media Update
10 APR 2019 Australian government pushes through expansive new legislation targeting abhorrent violent material online
Our alert discusses the new offences, available defences and the implications for social media platforms and other service providers.
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IP @ Ashurst Update
04 MAR 2019 The Full Federal Court boosts generic pharmaceuticals with an interlocutory injunction win
Alphapharm can proceed to launch its SEMGLEE Product after the Full Federal Court rejected Sanofi's application for leave to appeal from Justice Burley's...
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Media REform Update
20 SEP 2017 Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 and Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bills 2017
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner and Rachel Baker, Lawyer.
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IP update
02 MAY 2017 Swansong for music site found to infringe copyright
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Marlia Saunders, Senior Associate; and Jessica Norgard, Senior Associate
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MEDIA UPDATE
22 DEC 2016 Contempting Fate: Supreme Court holds Yahoo!7 in contempt for publishing article prejudicial to the accused during murder trial
Yahoo!7 and its online news journalist guilty of sub judice contempt publishing an article on their news website - a real and definite tendency to prejudice...
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IP UPDATE
16 DEC 2016 Shiver me timbers! ISPs ordered to block pirate websites
Authors: Anita Cade, Partner; Marlia Saunders, Senior Associate; Jessica Norgard, Lawyer
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Food Law Update
06 SEP 2016 Labelling the "Australian-ness" of Food
On 1 July 2016 the new Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016 (the Standard) came into force. The Standard sets out new mandatory country...
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26 FEB 2016 Food Law Update - Recent fowl play in the egg industry – it's no yolk to the ACCC & other updates
Australia, 26 February 2016
