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Cancer Cure Soon?
I never thought I would say this but the truly awful image below, of a cancer cell, may in our life times be a thing of the past as cancer…
Cyber-Bullying
First prosecution under the the Harmful Digital Communications Act for threatening to post nude images.http://nzh.tw/11615758
Internet of Things – Wear to Now?
Looking forward to delving into recent developments in the "Internet of Things” with my co-panellists Judge David Harvey, Lloyd Gallagher, Arran Hunt, Wayne Rumbles and Nik Turner. NZLS Cyber Law…
LawTech Conference 2016
Will be discussing with colleagues from Shortland Chambers and a practitioner from private practice "technology, tools & tips in the 21st century for the legal practitioner" at the upcoming 2016 LawTech…
Upcoming Flag Referendum
Our new flag flying over the summer break?
Dotcom Extradition
Kim Dotcom found by District Court in Auckland to be eligible for extradition to US for alleged copyright charges http://nzh.tw/11565399 An appeal to the High Court is inevitable
The Batts Trade Mark Case
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's finding that the term "batts" had not become a common name in general public use. See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11562097 However, it confirmed that the…
BATTS neither Generic nor Infringed!
Have just received the Court of Appeal judgment in the long-running Batts case: http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCA/2015/602.html The Court upheld the High Court that the term "batts" had not become a common name in…
The Pistorius Appeal Judgment
The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa in Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng v Pistorius (96/2015) [2015] ZASCA 204 (3 December 2015) makes interesting reading.…
