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Instagoods takes trade mark fight with Instagram to Federal Court
Davies Collison Cave 2021-07-08 3:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Retail tech and dating start-up Instagoods has appealed a successful challenge of its Instadate trade mark registration by social media giant Instagram.

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‘Cynical and cranky’ tweeter not a journalist, judge rules in defamation case
Craddock Murray Neumann 2021-07-06 5:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A self-described “citizen journalist” who publishes “cynical and cranky” opinions about the Australian Stock Exchange on the Twitter account Stockswami cannot claim journalist privilege to protect his source, a judge has found.

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Facebook says ACCC’s data collection allegations ‘overstated’
ACCC 2021-07-06 11:52 am By Miklos Bolza

Facebook has accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of overstating the amount of data it collected on users through its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app, and says the collection was allowed under its terms of service.

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Lawyer to seek ‘no adverse costs’ order in cartel class action against Facebook, Google
Class Actions 2021-06-18 3:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

The self-represented lawyer behind a $1 billion class action against Facebook and Google over a cryptocurrency ad ban has said he will bring the first “no adverse costs” application to be heard by the Federal Court under the Competition and Consumer Act.

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Peter Dutton’s defamation suit over ‘rape apologist’ tweet ripe for settlement, judge says
Baker McKenzie 2021-06-16 9:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

Federal politician Peter Dutton has been ordered into mediation in his defamation case against a refugee activist over a tweet calling the defence minister a “rape apologist”, with a judge saying the case could be settled without a trial.

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Tweet labelling Peter Dutton a ‘rape apologist’ was fair comment, says refugee activist
Baker McKenzie 2021-06-02 10:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A refugee activist has hit back at a defamation lawsuit brought by Peter Dutton over a tweet calling the defence minister a “rape apologist”, saying it was fair comment on Dutton’s response to the issue of sexual violence in Australia and offshore detention centres.

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YouTuber Jordan Shanks says NSW Deputy Premier threatened to sue for defamation
Defamation 2021-05-04 4:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro is allegedly threatening to sue YouTuber Jordan Shanks for defamation over videos which allegedly implied he acted corruptly and engaged in a destructive campaign to make koalas extinct.

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Refugee activist sued by Peter Dutton says his ‘rape apologist’ tweet was honest opinion
Baker McKenzie 2021-04-27 10:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Defence minister Peter Dutton has brought defamation proceedings against a refugee activist who labelled Dutton a “rape apologist” on Twitter, but the activist says he was expressing an honest opinion and says politicians should have thicker skins.

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HWL Ebsworth advice to Quay Eyewear protected by privilege, judge rules
Contracts 2021-04-09 3:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A director of sunglasses company Quay Eyewear has lost her bid to access HWL Ebsworth’s advice to the company given during legal proceedings which accused her of tortious interference, breach of directors’ duties and intellectual property violations.

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‘That is not how this court works’: Judge tosses Zarah Garde-Wilson’s case against Google
Defamation 2021-03-18 12:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has dismissed a case run by gangland lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson seeking details from Google about the identity of an online reviewer after criticising her instructing solicitor’s “incoherent arguments” and late filed submissions.

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