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12/11/15
Call for Submissions: Intellectual Property goes under Review
The Australian Productivity Commission is launching an inquiry into Australia’s Intellectual Property (IP) Laws and it is set to take aim at a number of wide-ranging and re-surfacing issues. The inquiry follows the Harper Review Final Report which recommended substantive changes in Australia’s IP regime. The inquiry is intended to be broad and informed by...
05/11/15
Google Duffs It
Google Inc. has been held liable for publishing defamatory material. The internet giant will be regretting its choice to ignore Janice Duffys request to remove offending search results that included auto completed suggestions such as “Janice Duffy Pyschic Stalker”. Google did not produce the offending material so why is it liable? Google faces liability as...
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22/10/15
Ross left hustlin’ with court fees as LMFAO shuffles free
Rick Ross has lost his legal lawsuit to LMFAO following a decision that the merchandise bearing the catch phrase ‘Everyday I’m Shufflin’ did not constitute a copyright infringement of Ross’ musical phrase ‘Everyday I’m Hustlin’. Copyright protection does not automatically extend to every component of a copyrighted work. In this case it was not the...
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21/10/15
Metawhat? The new Data Retention Regime
On Tuesday 13 October 2015, the amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 came into effect. The amendments are more commonly known as the “Data Retention Regime” and were passed as a security measure to aid in the investigation of terrorism and serious crimes. How does it affect your business? The Data Retention Regime...
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21/10/15
Give and You Shall Receive: TV tax offset could mean $103 million gain
A raise in the television industry’s tax offset from 20% to 40% could generate $103 million in economic activity, according to a report recently released by PwC. The Report was commissioned by Screen Producers Australia (SPA) and Australian Television & Radio Association (ASTRA). The media moguls have taken time out from being competitive mortal enemies...
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20/10/15
VM Solicitors goes to the High Court
Last Friday, von Muenster Solicitors brought a Special Leave Application in the High Court of Australia for our workplace safety client who ran an online, subscription-based service. The firm was represented by Stephen von Muenster and Natalie Zwar. The question on appeal was whether the Supreme Court (sitting in Equity) and the Court of Appeal...
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19/10/15
Ex-SBS journalist fights back against unfair dismissal
Back in April of this year SBS reporter Scott McIntyre posted a series of tweets referring to Anzac Day and its commemorators as ‘poorly-read, largely white, nationalist drinkers and gamblers’ and claimed that the ‘largest single-day terrorist attacks in history’ were committed by Australians and their allies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The tweets were considered...
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