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High Court finds Google not liable for misleading or engaging in deceptive conduct for displaying sponsored links

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 3 2013

On 6 February 2013, Australia's High Court reversed the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia which found that Google engaged

High Court rules on keyword advertising

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 8 2013

In May 2012, we reported that the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia had found Google had engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct when

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
  • -
  • 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

Pure Water Systems penalised for calling numbers on the Do Not Call Register

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 28 2012

Following investigation by the ACMA, Pure Water Systems (Aust) Pty Ltd has paid a $26,400 penalty for making telemarketing calls to numbers registered on the Do Not Call Register

ACMA proposes changes to radio services in Adelaide

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 28 2012

The ACMA is seeking public comment on proposals to change the performance of radio services 5DN, 5MBS and the high power open narrowcasting service (HPON) on AM frequency 1539 kHz in the Adelaide region, to be allowed to modify their technical operating conditions

The global employer: the social media issue

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • September 25 2012

Social media is changing the way that we communicate, work and do business, wherever we are in the world

ALRC copyright and the digital economy update

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 14 2012

On 20 August 2012, the ALRC released its first issues paper for its Inquiry into Copyright and the Digital Economy in Australia

You'll feel better: Swisse succeeds in appealing crp ruling

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • September 4 2012

In late 2011, the the Complaints Resolution Panel (CRP) received complaints about Swisse's advertising slogan - "You'll feel better on Swisse" - and other representations including that particular products were "clinically proven" and "independently tested"

Report of the independent media inquiry released

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 14 2012

Stephen Conroy, the Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has released the Report of the Independent Media Inquiry

ISP's safe under Australian law for now

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 22 2012

On April 20 Australia's highest court found that internet service provider iiNet was not responsible for the infringing acts of its customers, upholding a 2011 decision of Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia