21
Oct
2009
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Wayne Hudson
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Intellectual Property
A set of guidelines to help you ensure that your innovation is genuinely unique, assess whether to commercialise, identify partners and raise capital.
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22
Sep
2009
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Mark Gavin
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Intellectual Property
Since our previous article on the settlement, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a Statement of Interest in which it recommends that the Court should reject the settlement in its current form as it violates class action and competition law.
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28
Aug
2009
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Mark Gavin
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Intellectual Property
Recent developments in the United States relating to the digitisation of books by Google could have a profound effect on the New Zealand public, authors and publishers.
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12
Jun
2009
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Mark Gavin
Kate Mullarkey
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Intellectual Property
On Tuesday 9 June social networking site Facebook announced that from Saturday 13 June users of Facebook can apply for personal URLs in the format of www.facebook.com/yourname. While this may be viewed as a great opportunity for those seeking a bit of personal publicity it will be viewed by trade mark and brand owners with concern in light of domain name squatting issues that have arisen in recent times.
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5
May
2009
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Wayne Hudson
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Intellectual Property
Commercial Contracts
Litigation
The commissioning rule in the Copyright Act 1994 automatically allocates copyright ownership to the “commissioner” for artistic works, film or sound recordings, and computer programs. Parties can however contract out of this default rule. Maxim Group v Jones Publishing is a recent High Court decision which provides a warning to parties wishing to contract out of the default rule.
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