Month: November 2012

ACCC approval has opened the way for the banks to relieve ATM costs for remote indigenous communities A welcome good news story!  The ACCC has granted authorisation for an agreement between a large collection of...

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The interface of antitrust and IP in China

November 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Read the great post over at China Law Insight on the role of the antitrust regulator in IP licencing here. Susan Ng and Kate Peng discuss the Guidelines on Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement in the Field...

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Strike out on savings claims

November 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

On 16 August this year, the Federal Court held that the company which operates the Zamels chain of jewellery stores in Australia misled consumers about the savings they could make during Zamels’ sales, contravening section...

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There’s no ACCCounting for penalties

November 20, 2012 | 1 Comments

The ACCC recently released its quarterly ACCCount update of its enforcement and other activities for the July-September 2012 quarter. Headline achievements for the quarter include: collecting over $6.8 million in court penalties in enforcement cases...

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ACCC and China get cosy

November 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

It seems KWM are not the only ones looking to expand their horizons in China! In September, the ACCC announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Administrator for Industry...

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By the beerest of margins

November 16, 2012 | 2 Comments

The proposed Budweiser–Corona deal, first made public in late June this year, has come under renewed scrutiny in the US this week despite receiving clearance from the Mexican Competition Authority on 15 November 2012. Anheuser-Busch...

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MyCC in a flap over chicken culling

November 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) has announced it is considering whether the culling of 5 million layer chickens by Malaysian farmers could involve a breach of the Competition Act 2010. According to reports, Malaysian farmers...

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Earlier in September, Justice Dowsett of the Federal Court handed down a decision ordering three publishing companies (‘Elite Publishing’) to pay total penalties of $400,000 for misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct. The companies’...

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On 14 November 2012 the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) sought feedback on an application for guidance it received from music publishers in respect of a proposed agreement to jointly offer their rights in musical...

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Back in 2005, a number of merchants commenced class actions against Visa and Mastercard, alleging the companies had conspired with US banks to fix credit card processing fees, at around 2 per cent of the...

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