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IP LAW UPDATE 2005
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IP LAW This paper was written for the Auckland District Law Society and presented to its members in October 2005 1.INTRODUCTION The aim of this paper is…
Form Over Function – A Review of Recent Developments In Designs Law
Designs law has always struggled to reconcile competing interests and find the right balance between protecting form and/or function. The purpose of this paper is to consider the true philosophical…
Electronic Transactions Bill
The bill is intended to advance the goal of facilitating the use of modern technology and to take advantage of the knowledge economy. It contains provisions intended to facilitate these…
Dealing in Pirated DVDs
One of the key concerns in the entertainment industries is the ease by which films, music, computer games and all other manner of modern day content can be copied and…
Privacy and the Internet – 2003
“Liberty protects the person from unwarranted government intrusions into a dwelling or other private places. In our tradition the State is not omnipresent in the home. And there are other…
Privacy in an Online World
From the dissenting judgment of Justice Callinan in the High Court of Australia in ABC v Lenah Game Meats [2001] HCA 63. "As populations expand, privacy becomes more elusive. The…
Battle Of The Buds
On 1 June 2001 Justice Doogue delivered an important judgment in the trade mark field. The dispute was between two old adversaries, Anhauser-Busch of the USA and Budweiser Budvar of…
The Creation, Control and Loss of Trade Secrets in an Online World
“For two years after the first transport arrived in Botany Bay no word or supplies came from England. Even Commander Phillip wondered if England had forsaken or forgotton them ….”…
Patents – Ancare New Zealand Ltd v Cyanamid of NZ Ltd
This decision involved the New Zealand Court of Appeal considering an appeal against two decisions of Justice Morris in the High Court. The revocation decision is Novartis New Zealand Limited…
