The finding is significant because it means that the threshold for potential defamation liability is met by the hosts of social media pages in relation to third party comments on those pages even if they have not seen those comments. …
Continue Reading Case Update: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Nationwide News Pty Limited; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27

The Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled a boom in the UK’s video game industry.  A report by The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (“UKIE”) published in March 2021 valued the industry at a record £7 billion in 2020, making it the…
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The Australian Cyber Security Centre has labelled ransomware the ‘highest cyber threat’ facing Australian businesses. A 2020 Crowdstrike Report has found that over two-thirds (67%) of Australian organisations have suffered a ransomware attack in the last 12 months. The global…
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On 9 April 2021, the Federal Court of Australia stayed proceedings brought by Epic Games (Epic) against Apple for various breaches of the CCA on the basis of a clause in the underlying agreement between the parties requiring that all…
Continue Reading Case Update: Epic Games, Inc v Apple Inc: choice of forum clauses and public policy grounds – Epic Games, Inc v Apple Inc [2021] FCAFC 122

In the interview, Jonathan covers a wide range of topics, including litigating in CAS’s Ad Hoc Division, his involvement with the action taken by WADA in relation to Russian doping, “hot tubbing” of experts and how to become a sports…
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Focusing specifically on new and existing trends in using social media for IP infringement activities and good practices to address them, the discussion paper supplements EUIPO’s earlier report on monitoring and analysing social media in relation to IP infringement, and…
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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles or, according to the commonly used term, “drones”, has become very common in our society. The wide-ranging possibilities offered by these aerial vehicles mean that their use is not solely limited to military missions…
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