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When a parent takes their child out of Australia without any agreement, it may be difficult to secure its safe return.

Whether de facto couples have the same rights as married couples after they break up depends on whether they separated before or after 1 March 2009.

This article discusses sexually transmitted debt and what it means in the context of family law proceedings.

You can ask your spouse/de facto partner to pay maintenance for your reasonable living expenses if you have separated.

If religion is an important issue for parents, and the child is under 18 years, the Court can make a Parenting Order.

The NSW rules of intestacy distribute the estate strictly in accordance with specific rules in the Succession Act 2006.

Some outcomes highlight the importance of considering whether you should be registering certain security interests.

Examinations under sections 596A and 596B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) are important for liquidators.

Proposed changes have the potential to significantly change the legal landscape for ISPs and online content providers.

The Security and Stability Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which administers domain names has launched a probe into the practice of what it calls domain name "front running".

What more could a famous celebrity with an impressive fortune want – a trade mark registration for her newborn children!

The US Supreme Court recently handed down an important and much anticipated decision concerning the patentability of business processes. In 1997, Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw filed a patent application for a method of hedging commodity prices in the energy market. The US Patent Office rejected the application as not comprising patentable subject matter as it merely disclosed an abstract idea.

The decision paves the way for intellectual property rights holders to identify online infringers and to enforce rights.

The case, first of its kind in Australia, sends a message that personal attacks with social media will not be tolerated.

NSW Parliament has passed the Courts and Other Legislation Further Amendment Bill 2011.

The Advertising Standards Bureau found the VB Facebook pages were advertisements and subject to the AANA Code of Ethics.

Businesses throughout the world are able to protect and expand their brand by registering a new domain name, in the .CO domain. This is different to the existing .com and .com.au domains.