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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…
Copyright/Designs Overlap
The copyright/design overlap has caused headaches for many in Australia. The High Court of Australia has just ruled on the issue. Commentators see it as a major decision which will…
Online Infringement – Major changes ahead!
The issue of online infringement is a highly contentious one. On 23 February 2010 the NZ the Government introduced the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill. The bill will amend…
Minister’s Press Release – 23 February 2010
Minister of Justice’s Press release 23 February 2010 This is part of the Minister’s recent press release: Section 92A bill introduced to Parliament today A bill repealing Section 92A of…