Demand may be booming, but are breaches looming? We discuss compliance with Australian Country of Origin labelling regulations in the context of COVID-19

By Georgina Hey (AU), Alyson Poole (AU) and Matt Allen (AU) on May 13, 2020 Posted in General

In recent articles, we have commented on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Country of Origin (COO) labelling regulations as they relate to food packaging and more recently, the ACCC’s focus for 2020 on misleading or deceptive claims relating to food packaging. Our previous articles can be reviewed here and here.… Continue reading

Healthy treat or misleading deceit? ACCC intends to crackdown on misleading claims in food marketing

By Georgina Hey (AU), Alyson Poole (AU) and Matt Allen (AU) on March 30, 2020 Posted in Advertising

In February 2020, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released its compliance and enforcement policy and priorities for 2020. Amongst the ACCC’s key enforcement priorities will be a focus on misleading conduct in relation to the sale and promotion of food products, including health and nutritional claims, credence claims and country of origin claims. … Continue reading

Fakes welcome? IP protection lags behind for Indigenous artworks in Australia

By Helen Macpherson (AU) and Isobel Taylor (AU) on August 12, 2019 Posted in Copyright, General

In a symbolic win for Indigenous artists, the Federal Court of Australia has recently ordered a seller of fake Indigenous-style souvenirs to pay AU$2.3 million in pecuniary penalties for contraventions of the misleading and deceptive conduct provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). While the Court’s ruling appears to be a positive move in the … Continue reading