23 Nov 2023 Intellectual Property and Technology Australia signs Bletchley Declaration On 3 November 2023, Australia, along with 27 other countries and the EU, signed the Bletchley Declaration, following the AI Safety Summit (Summit) held on 1-2 November 2023 in the UK.
26 Oct 2023 Construction Corporate and commercial Property Navigating the Unfair Contract Terms Regime. Is your business affected by the changes? 98% of all Australian businesses are affected by the unfair contract terms regime, and by 9 November 2023, should manage their risk around unfair contract terms. Failure to do so can have severe consequences.
26 Oct 2023 Intellectual Property and Technology Protection of confidential technologies and information For businesses involved in the creation, exploitation, or use of technologies, the protection of trade secrets and commercially valuable confidential information..
19 Oct 2023 Corporate and commercial Navigating the Unfair Contract Terms Regime. Is your business affected by the changes on 9 ... Navigating the Unfair Contract Terms Regime. Is your business affected by the changes on 9 November 2023?
13 Sep 2023 Intellectual Property and Technology Navigating trade mark classification for emerging technologies - IP Australia issues guidance We explore IP Australia's guidance and explore whether 'emerging technologies', including non-fungible tokens, blockchain, virtual goods and the metaverse, can be trade marked.
7 Sep 2023 Property Corporate and commercial Latin is not dead - anomalies in property titling We regularly do what it takes to correct titling anomalies. Sometimes it takes a crash course in Latin.
18 Aug 2023 Intellectual Property and Technology Seven v 7-Eleven: key lessons for trade mark owners The recent Federal Court case of serves as a timely reminder to Australian businesses that if they want to ensure their registered trade marks are not open to challenge..
8 Aug 2023 Corporate and commercial Takeovers: 8 trends and takeaways While below the extraordinary levels of recent pandemic years, Australia has seen significant public merger and acquisition (M&A) activity so far in 2023.
4 Aug 2023 Insurance Corporate and commercial Vicarious liability not extended in shared staff accommodation incident The High Court has allowed an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland, holding that vicarious liability did not extend to the circumstances.
31 Jul 2023 Corporate and commercial Insurance Education Northern Territory strengthens child sexual abuse laws In late July, the Northern Territory parliament passed amendments to the Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT) replacing the term "sexual relationship" with "repeated sexual abuse" in the context of children.