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Privacy primer - edition 4

  • Gadens Lawyers
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  • Australia
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  • June 14 2013

There is a new Australian Privacy Principle 7 (APP 7) which will come into effect on 12 March 2014 and deals solely with the subject of direct

The world wide web of laws entangling social media

  • Hunt & Hunt
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  • Australia
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  • November 2 2011

The nature of communication and the interaction between people is drastically evolving

Logging off for life: testators should plan carefully for the post-mortem management of digital assets

  • Colin Biggers & Paisley
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  • Australia
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  • February 25 2013

In Australia, to date at least, there has been little, if any, recognition of the importance of estate planning for digital assets. In the absence of

Court absolves Google of responsibility for misleading sponsored links

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • May 7 2013

On February 6 2013, in Google Inc v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the High Court upheld the appeal of Google Inc against the

Keeping up with Kim Kardashian: look-alikes, look out!

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia, USA
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  • August 3 2011

At the end of July, Kim Kardashian filed a lawsuit against Old Navy LLC, and its parent company, The Gap Inc, for using a look-alike in its February “Super C-U-T-E” ad campaign

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
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  • September 28 2012

Joint action between the ACMA, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has led to court orders being obtained against US-based and India-based parties involved in the global 'Microsoft Imposter' phone scam

ACCC v Trading Post Australia Pty Ltd and Google Inc 2011 FCA 1086 (22 September 2011)

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
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  • November 1 2011

The Federal Court has dismissed allegations by the ACCC that Google engaged in practices likely to mislead consumers

Digital media update

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2012

Welcome to the January edition of our quarterly Digital Media Update

Optus succeeds in landmark copyright decision: Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v National Rugby League Investments Pty Ltd (no 2)

  • Spruson & Ferguson
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  • Australia
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  • February 7 2012

Last week, the Federal Court (Justice Rares) handed down its decision in a landmark case involving the broadcast of free to air television of football and rugby league matches on certain smartphones and PCs

Super media - the rise of social media

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • Australia
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  • October 3 2012

At the time of their wedding over 12 months ago, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge requested that their privacy be respected, while they settled into marriage