Disney sweeps in to collect the Oscars glory but film fans reckon they've seen it all before

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/disney-sweeps-in-to-collect-the-oscars-glory-but-film-fans-reckon-theyve-seen-it-all-before-20130227-2f6e3.html

Dick Smith...

has provided some good material for those us interested in marketing law, here's the latest

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/companies/heinz-and-dick-smith-in-beetroot-battle/story-fndfr3g3-1226577054081

and just recently (even got coverage in the UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jan/24/australia-day-ad-tv-video

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

Cotton On Kids fined $1m for selling unsafe nightwear

http://www.theage.com.au/business/cotton-on-kids-fined-1m--for-selling-unsafe-nightwear-20121218-2bkib.html

From Quo to woe for reckless radio station

http://www.theage.com.au/business/from-quo-to-woe-for-reckless-radio-station-20130123-2d6jq.html

Sun, Sand, Surfing, Social Media and Copyright

This case has it all

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/photographer-sues-over-stolen-photo-20130115-2cqh1.html

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.

Your (?) Facebook photos

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559710-38/instagram-says-it-now-has-the-right-to-sell-your-photos/

Vacuum maker Dyson claims a spy was selling secrets to German rival

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9631492/Vacuum-maker-Dyson-claims-a-spy-was-selling-secrets-to-German-rival.html

High Profile Spam Scalp

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Tiger Airways Holdings Limited—and payment of a $110,000 infringement notice by its subsidiary Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited—for failing to unsubscribe customers from marketing emails

http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_600082