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Will The Real Swim Shady, Please Stand Up?

Eminem's legal team has challenged an Australian beach lifestyle brand's trade mark application, arguing that 'Swim Shady' is confusingly similar to his iconic 'Slim Shady' persona. Australia's Registrar of Trade Marks has now ruled on whether the rapper's existing Australian registrations provide sufficient grounds to block the beach brand's application, with the decision turning on evidence of genuine use across merchandise categories.

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Boult Wade Tennant

Australia's Social Media Ban For Under 16s (APAC)

The Act requires providers of those social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent users under 16 years of age from obtaining or maintaining accounts with the platform.

Australia Media & IT

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Kennedys

The Hannah Thomas Case: A Test of Civil Liberties and Police Accountability

Case demonstrates the power of passionate advocacy, the vital role of independent media, and the far-reaching consequences a single case can have on politics, law, and public consciousness.

Australia Media & IT

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Media Law Insights: Returning To Australia's Evolving Media Landscape

After more than a decade in the UK media law sector, my return to Sydney to head up Spencer West's expansion into Australia has given me an opportunity to reflect on the transformative changes in our media landscape.

Worldwide Media & IT

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Spencer West

The Employment Reality of TV Fame (2025 Edition)

Australia Media & IT

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Swaab

Mandatory minimum classifications for computer games with gambling-like content

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

An overview of how to classify video games and films

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

International Tennis Integrity Agency v Jannik Sinner: Tennis anti-doping and integrity issues in the spotlight as the Australian Open 2025 kicks off

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

New online defamation defence for publishers "innocently disseminating" third party comments

Australia Litigation

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Stacks Law Firm

Defences to copyright infringement – What is a "Service for the Commonwealth or State"?

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Piper Alderman

Gambling Comparative Guide

Australia Media & IT

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Senet Legal Pty Ltd

Legalities and costs of hosting a music festival in New South Wales

Australia Media & IT

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

To appeal or to extradite: UK courts set to decide on the Assange extralegal show trial

Australia Media & IT

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

ACMA: Misinformation And Disinformation Bill

Australia Media & IT

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K&L Gates LLP

Employer-sponsored Visas Take Priority In 2026/27 Migration Program As Regional Allocations Decline

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Coalition Budget Reply: Cut Migration To Align With Housing And Restrict Welfare

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Refinancings And High Energy Costs Set To Drive Australian Restructurings In The Year Ahead (Podcast)

Australia Insolvency

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A&O Shearman

Skills In Demand Report: How Effective Is Australia’s Skilled Migration System?

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

It Depends – What Are The Proposed Changes To Negative Gearing Announced In The 2026 Federal Budget? (Video)

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Cooper Grace Ward

Taking a gamble: Proposed reforms to the National Classification Scheme

The Scheme sets out a regulatory framework for classifying films, publications and computer games in Australia.

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Games & Video Games 101: Trade Marks

While everything ‘metaverse' and ‘NFT' continue to dominate newsfeeds and cultural consciousness, the sleeping giant of gaming continues to lead all substantive metrics.

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Davies Collison Cave

Media policy priorities of the Albanese Government

In a keynote address, the Federal Communications Minister outlined the media policy priorities of the Albanese Government.

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Defamation as a weapon against systemic racism?

Defamation law can be used to fight against systemic racism to demonstrate that Indigenous lives do matter.

Australia Government

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Telecommunications, Media And Technology (TMT) Law Update – Volume 44

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

7-Eleven Removes Seven Network's 7Now Trade Mark

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Davies Collison Cave

Song Plays On For ‘The Jazz Corner' After ‘The Corner' Falls Short In Trade Mark Dispute

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

Cant Buy Me Time - Infringement of copyright

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Telecommunications, Media And Technology (TMT) Law Update – Volume 39

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

Parliament proposes ID checks to open social media accounts

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Mandatory news media bargaining code – is the model right?

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

Australian Government proposes new broadcasters licence and forced investment quotas in Media Reform Green Paper

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

Reform of regulation of Australian screen industry now underway

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

The Australian Government has to get involved: Greg Barns SC on the plight of Julian Assange

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Mandatory news media bargaining code – is the model right?

This model could create significant structural changes in the way the content providers and platform operators interact.

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

Australian Government proposes new broadcasters licence and forced investment quotas in Media Reform Green Paper

Outline of the key proposals of the Green Paper.

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

Reform of regulation of Australian screen industry now underway

These initial reforms affect a number of stakeholders from the screen, broadcasting and digital platform industries.

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

The Australian Government has to get involved: Greg Barns SC on the plight of Julian Assange

The US is attempting to have the Australian journalist and publisher extradited, under the UK-US Extradition Treaty.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Your Google search is at risk

Australia Media & IT

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Lynch Meyer Lawyers

Telecommunications, Media And Technology (TMT) Law Update – Volume 32

On 20 March 2020, a judgment of the New South Wales Court of Appeal observed a range of principles relevant to online defamation in a case involving defamatory Facebook posts: Stoltenberg v Bolton; Loder v Bolton [2020] NSWCA 45.

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

Making The Screen Your Stage: Understand Your IP Rights When Using Online Streaming Services

While digitisation has demonstrably disrupted the traditional music industry, it has also presented new opportunities, particularly in the way musicians can share their creativity and connect with audiences.

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Davies Collison Cave

Emerging Issues: Australian technology, media and telecommunications sector insights: April 2020

The April 2020 edition of Emerging Issues for the Australian technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector.

Australia Media & IT

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McCullough Robertson

Announcements from the Australian government on media sector reforms

These media sector reforms are not the only regulatory reforms required to ensure a robust Australian media sector.

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

ABC loses legal challenge against police raids

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

What General Counsel need to watch for in 2020 across the technology, media and telecommunication industries

Australia Government

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Australian Government Responds To The ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry

Australia Media & IT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Key issues for the communications sector in 2019, 2020 and beyond

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Defamation Panel: CAMLA's Communications Law Bulletin

Australia Litigation

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Johnson Winter & Slattery

Mainstream media fights for own freedom, but not for Assange

Australia Media & IT

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

How the ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry affects your business

Australia Anti-trust

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Marque Lawyers

The ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry Final Report: is media law reform destined for the too hard basket once again?

Australia Media & IT

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Technology, media and telecommunications election policy tracker – May 2019

Australia Government

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Telecommunications, Media And Technology (TMT) Law Update – Volume 25

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

Insights from the ACCC Chair into the Digital Platforms Inquiry

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Fairfax and Nine merger article

Australia Media & IT

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Carroll & O'Dea

App Developers Turn To The Dark Side

Australia Media & IT

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Davies Collison Cave

Entertainment: Holding Redlich: expert guide to the 2018 federal budget

Australia Media & IT

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Holding Redlich

Case study – Vulnerabilities and opportunities for sporting and entertainment bodies arising from improving drone technology

Australia Media & IT

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Cooper Grace Ward

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Emerging Issues: Australian technology, media and telecommunications sector insights: April 2020

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McCullough Robertson

CU LAB: An untrue newspaper article is going to damage my business. What can I do?

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Clayton Utz

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