Kogan’s courtroom battle heats up

The battle between online retailer Kogan and ispONE has continued in the Victorian Supreme Court, with the telco accusing Kogan of false or misleading advertising, according to an article in smartcompany.com.au.

In the latest round of proceedings, ispONE accused Kogan of engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by advertising the mobile plans as “unlimited”.

The battle comes after Kogan successfully won an injunction against ispONE, accusing the telco of refusing to recharge some customers’ mobile services.

ispONE’s counsel told the court:

“We say that it is problems that Kogan Mobile has created for itself by representing to the public that its plans were in fact unlimited or only limited in certain specific ways when they are in fact far more limited that has created the current disputes.”

ispONE says these services were not unlimited as users would be flagged if they used a certain amount of voice, text or data in a short period of time. As a result, ispONE argues Kogan has breached part of the companies’ wholesale agreement.

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