Protecting your Brand at the Border
As an intellectual property rights owner of, it is important that you are vigilant about protecting your intellectual property from infringement and maintaining the reputation and value of your brand and/or products. Counterfeit products which are imported in Australia can impact on and undermine the growth [...]
Are you paying your employees correctly? … Avoid an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman
Recently the Fair Work Ombudsman (the Ombudsman) has been investigating a spate of underpayment of wages and overtime claims (Claims) and has commenced investigations into these Claims and the businesses allegedly perpetrating them. Who is the Ombudsman and what are their powers when conducting an [...]
Advertisers Beware – Social Media Influencers paid to promote products must disclose the commercial nature of their posts
On 1 March 2017, a new provision was introduced into the Australian Association of National Advertisers’ (AANA) Code of Ethics (Code). The new provision stipulates that ‘Advertising or Marketing Communications must be clearly distinguishable as such to the relevant audience’. This is set to have [...]