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Arbitration and Mediation Conference 2018
Just back from the AMINZ annual conference in Wellington where I spoke on IP and Dispute Resolution. Leading US mediator Lee Jay Berman gave a great address on how to…
Software Inventions in New Zealand
On 14 May 2013 the Government introduced a supplementary order paper which proposed further amendments to the its controversial computer program exclusion, forming part of the Patents Bill. The exclusion…
The Arsenal Case
In April 2001 in Arsenal Football Club Plc v Reed, the English High Court (Laddie J) delivered a decision of some importance in the trade mark field. The case involved…
Boeing Visit
While at the recent INTA meeting in Seattle I visited the Boeing factory. It's the largest building by volume in the world and employs 35,000 employees at the plant per…
Should authorship equate to purely human effort?
Following on from my previous post on Naruto's case, it's interesting that in the appeals court and the District Court for the Northern District of California (Naruto v. Slater, 15-cv-04324-WHO…
Monkeys Have No (Copy) Rights!
The 9th Circuit Appeals Court in the US has denied PETA's standing to represent the famous selfie monkey Naruto. Even though Naruto is undoubtably smart and very photogenic, in rejecting…
No Copyright in Chorus Line
Taylor Swift is back in the news. This time for the wrong reasons - it is alleged she lifted key words from the lyrics of another song and thereby infringed…
Search and Surveillance Review
The Search and Surveillance Act 2012 controls how government agencies, including the Police, search people or property and how they use various surveillance technology and devices. Even though the legislation…
