Each year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announces its Compliance and Enforcement Priorities. In 2022-23, one of its priorities was to identify deceptive marketing practices across the digital economy. On 27 January 2023, the ACCC announced that it will be starting a sweep to identify misleading testimonials and endorsements by social media influencers. This comes as members of…
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We’ve all heard about it – personal information being leaked into the public domain or perhaps sold to third parties without knowledge or consent. Whilst these occurrences can be catastrophic, we seem to have developed a ‘breach fatigue’ or desensitization as data breaches become more of ‘the norm’. Protecting your personal information is not as simple as having a 12-character…
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Key takeaways In 2017, the UK Intellectual Property Office decided in favour of the New Zealand ‘Manuka Honey Appellation Society’ (MHAS), agreeing to place a certification mark on tubs of Manuka Honey originating from New Zealand. In 2021, in Australia, the MHAS opposed the registration of the term ‘Australian Manuka’. The Registrar’s delegate did not agree with the opposition. Similarly,…
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Restraint of trade clauses are commonly found in employment agreements and business sale agreements. If properly drafted, the geographical and time-based restraints will be cascaded, starting at a more restrictive level and cascading down gradually to become less restrictive.
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Most of you will have heard Ed Sheeran's blockbuster song 'Shape of You', the most streamed song in Spotify's history with over 3 billion streams. You may also have heard about the copyright case in which Sheeran and his co-writers were accused of plagiarising the 2015 song 'Oh Why' by Sami Chokri...
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Garden leave may sound relaxing, but the circumstances which call for it are most certainly not. Garden leave typically occurs: when an employee is directed by an employer to take paid leave or to undertake special duties; or during the notice period following termination or resignation. Employees are...
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