Tuesday, January 29, 2013

A bit of contract trivia..

Minites uses a slogan ''It's moments like these you need Minties''. In the 1920s advertising included a cartoon, depicting some hapless bloke in a precarious predicament, sometimes drawn by James Bancks (who you might remember from such famous High Court cases as Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks [1955] HCA 24

http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/food-news/lollies-we-love-20130128-2dfyj.html?location=Melbourne

Friday, January 4, 2013

Good example of some competition fundamentals

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/google-scores-major-victory-in-antitrust-probe-20130104-2c7vi.html

Interesting to note that Microsoft, long time sparring partner of the FTC is reported as backing the action against Google.