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The Ripple effect: unintended consequences of poor international trade mark awareness
Insight 29 Oct 2020

The Federal Court of Australia has granted an interlocutory injunction preventing Ripple from advertising in Australia under 'PayID' branding until the determination of its ongoing dispute with NPP Australia Limited. It reinforces the need to ensure your trade marks are not being infringed by international businesses advertising or offering online services to Australian customers under deceptively similar branding. ...

Funds and institutional investors: a pivotal role in the infrastructure-led recovery
Insight 27 Oct 2020

Funds and institutional investors are uniquely positioned to play a pivotal role in this recovery and to respond to the disruption and opportunities that have been presented in infrastructure. ...

Full Federal Court dismisses Commissioner's transfer pricing appeal against Glencore
Insight 17 Nov 2020

On 6 November 2020, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia handed down its much anticipated decision dismissing the Commissioner's appeal (save for one issue) against Glencore Investment Pty Ltd in a significant transfer pricing dispute. ...

National Electricity and Gas rules update: October 2020
Insight 17 Nov 2020

In our latest update, we examine the progress of new and existing rule change requests to the AEMC across the month of October, as well as take a closer look at the Data Strategy proposed by the ESB. ...

Retirement Income Review
Insight 23 Nov 2020

Our key takeaways from the Government's Retirement Income Review (with a focus on the superannuation implications). ...

The health and economic crisis shines a spotlight on the need for greater social and affordable housing
Insight 20 Nov 2020

The pandemic has laid bare Australia's overextended and under-invested social and affordable housing market. We look at some of the investment initiatives that have been pursued to date by the state governments. We  also suggest some regulatory and planning changes that can be made. ...

Vietnam: stricter e-commerce regulations to be issued
Insight 18 Nov 2020

We consider the key proposed changes under, and implications of, Vietnam's new Draft Decree amending the current Decree No. 52/2013/ND-CP on e-commerce. ...

A battle with Banksy
Insight 29 Oct 2020

Banksy has lost his trade mark rights to his notorious Flower Thrower artwork in the EU. The EUIPO's decision reflects on bad faith registrations in the EU and offers other important food for thought in the context of trade mark and copyright law. ...

Act fast, act well: Federal Court decision reinforces the importance of robust compliance programs for banks and other financial services licensees
Insight 27 Oct 2020

Chief Justice Allsop of the Federal Court recently imposed on a bank, by consent of ASIC and the bank, civil penalties totalling $10 million for unconscionable conduct in carrying out an inadequate customer remediation process. It highlights the importance of banks and other financial services licensees having in place robust compliance programs and taking prompt and comprehensive action where possible non-compliance is identified. ...

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