Articles and Legal Updates

Green Marketing and Other Industry Codes – November 2009

ndustry codes play an important role in the regulation of business practices by setting standards of conduct for industry members, the consequences of non-compliance with an industry code may result in contravention of the Trade Practices Act 1974. This legal update examines recent developments in the following industry codes: Green Marketing Code; Franchising Code of… Read More

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Intellectual Property Update: Full Federal Court Confirms that Researchers Own their Inventions – October 2009

Ownership of intellectual property is an important corporate governance issue for companies, universities, research institutes and businesses. As intellectual property represents one of the most valuable assets on the balance sheet of many organisations, adequate and effective processes and procedures for ensuring the organisation’s ownership of intellectual property on creation, protection and ongoing management are… Read More

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Therapeutic Goods Regulatory Reforms target false and misleading industry practices – August 2009

The Federal Government is currently implementing a three-stage reform program to update the therapeutic goods regulatory framework in Australia. This legal update provides an overview of the amendments to the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 and how they will have significant consequences for the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in relation to penalties for providing false or misleading… Read More

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