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NIB wins unpaid loans from Whitecoat developer after $42.5M sale to CBA
Healthcare 2023-06-28 4:02 pm By Gareth Baker

The developer of healthcare directory app Whitecoat must pay health insurer and joint venture partner NIB $1.6 million for loans that were never repaid following […]

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AI litigation to hit Australian shores before regulation, IP lawyers say
Analysis 2023-06-20 11:46 pm By Sam Matthews

The growing use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT could shake up the landscape of intellectual property laws in Australia, and novel questions posed […]

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Facebook agrees to $20M penalty in ACCC case over data privacy app
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-06-14 11:37 pm By Gareth Baker

Facebook has agreed to pay a $20 million penalty for misleading consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep users’ personal […]

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Dell admits duping customers about price of add-on monitors, says sorry
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-06-06 3:14 pm By Gareth Baker

Dell Australia has apologised to consumers and admitted misleading those who purchased add-on computer monitors by inflating the pre-discount price, sometimes to more than the […]

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Apple can argue patent invalid because of HP device first sold in 2000
Intellectual Property 2023-06-02 10:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple can argue an Australian non-practicing entity that claims its patents for a remote entry system were infringed by the tech company’s Touch ID and […]

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Tradie platform Hipages admits using ‘subscription traps’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-05-30 11:05 pm By Gareth Baker

Online home improvement platform Hipages has admitted that it likely engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by failing to disclose contract terms that allowed it […]

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Judge tosses suit over $2M sale of cloud tech provider Experteq
Contracts 2023-05-23 9:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined Expert Group’s bid to bring court proceedings about the amount of an earn-out owed under its agreement to sell cloud services […]

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ASIC investigates Nuix boss over $236,000 share purchase
ASIC 2023-05-17 4:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched an investigation into whether Nuix’s current Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Rubinsztein unlawfully bought shares in the company […]

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Tech exec subjected to DXC’s ‘unreasonable’ 7-year restraint clause wins appeal
Technology 2023-05-16 10:28 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, […]

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Block’s mobile payment method not patentable, says IP Australia
Fintech 2023-05-16 12:14 pm By Sam Matthews

IP Australia has rejected an application by US technology company Block to patent a mobile payment method, saying it does not describe a manner of […]

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