How we can help you. Bespoke’s modern slavery team work with clients to: develop and implement anti-slavery programs meet their statutory obligations communicate, educate and drive cultural and organisational ...
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The past few months has shown us how important an online presence can be for any business, both from growth and business continuity perspectives. In our previous post, we talked about what ‘cybersquatting’ is and how to prevent ...
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We’ve all seen it – an email sent to the wrong person. Perhaps a misspelled email address or an email sent to the wrong ‘Jennifer’. A recent decision by the Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner shows ...
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An indefinite contract establishes an ongoing contractual relationship. Typical examples include contracts that: automatically renew; do not specify an expiry date; or do not specify express termination rights. This ...
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On 29 April 2020, the High Court of Justice in England handed down its judgement in Sky v SkyKick, primarily regarding broad trade mark specifications and bad faith trade mark applications. The judgement followed much-anticipated ...
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has excluded certain hand sanitisers from regulatory requirements to help urgently meet the surge in demand during the pandemic. In Australia, hand sanitisers are regulated as cosmetics or ...
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COVID-19 presents unique challenges to the food and beverage industry, given the industry relies on daily co-operation between producers, wholesalers, retailers, restaurants, cafes and transport providers...
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Last year, we published this blog post regarding Kraft and Bega's dispute over the ownership of an unregistered trade mark, being the iconic peanut butter trade dress shown below: The trade dress in question included the: ...
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Most packaged foods for retail sale in Australia must comply with country of origin labelling (CoOL) requirements. Visit parts 1 and 2 of our CoOL series for a refresher on the CoOL requirements. Global supply chains have been ...
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While the obligation to report and publish a modern slavery statement under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act) remains largely unchanged by COVID-19, reporting entities must be aware of the impacts of the pandemic on vulnerable ...
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