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Software Patents – Really that Bad?
There have recently been a couple of articles in the Herald on the proposal to allow software patents as part of the government’s overhaul of the Patents Act – see…
Time’s up for cyber bullies
Here is the government's press release on its proposed new cyber-bullying bill as discussed by me today (4 April 2013) on Radio New Zealand. Time’s up for cyber bullies Justice…
Adwords Set Back
The recent Full Federal Court of Australia decision holding that Google participated in misleading conduct through it Adwords service is a setback for the company and no doubt the battle…
Harassment yes, but Hate?
Hate crimes - do we need a special offence in New Zealand? <a href="http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/commentary/tyler-clementis-roommate-dharun-ravi-did-not-commit-a-hate-crime "
Passing Off
The issue of passing off and breach of the Fair Trading Act 1986 was considered in the High Court in 2000. In Patience & Nicholson (NZ) Ltd v Cyclone Hardware…
Corporate Greed or Commercial Need?
This is a recent article of mine published in the National Business Review (NBR) on 10 February 2012 questioning whether owners of IP are greedy for trying to slow down…
The Kim Dotcom Saga
How did a big fish like Kim Dotcom, the alleged mastermind of a sophisticated and successful international online pirating operation, end up in the North Shore District Court of New…
Giving Your IP Projection Some Teeth: [Practical] Monitoring and Enforcement [Strategies]
Background As with all aspects of IP protection, both monitoring and enforcement has to be appropriate for the situation, cost-effective and achieve the desired outcomes. This is relatively easy to…
‘Cyber Resilience’
The World Economic Forum, made up of private sector leaders had its annual meeting at the end of January 2012. The forum’s aim is to achieve partnering and so called “Cyber…
