Design

16 Apr 2009

Authors: Mark Gavin
Categories: Intellectual Property
New Legislation

Update on the progress of the Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill

Readers may recall that at the time of our last article of 27 November 2008, progress of the Bill was uncertain due to the General Election and change of Government. Now that Parliament is sitting again progress of the Bill has resumed.

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13 Mar 2009

Authors: Wayne Hudson
Categories: Intellectual Property
Commercial Contracts

Security Interests Under The PPSA – A Warning For Artists

Many artists who leave their works with retailers, art galleries, or cafés for sale, may be unaware that New Zealand’s security laws severely restrict their ability to retrieve those works.

Recently, New Zealand artists were given a wake-up call with the financial collapse of Eon, a prominent outlet for the country’s design community. Unbeknownst to many, Eon had given security to its bank over all of its assets, which left the artists with no reasonable prospect of retrieving their works or getting paid for them.

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27 Nov 2008

Authors: Mark Gavin
Kevin Pearson
Categories: Intellectual Property
New Legislation

Combating counterfeits: Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill

The Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill introduces, among other things, prosecution powers for Customs and the Ministry of Economic Development to enforce the criminal offence provisions relating to counterfeit goods and pirated works under the Trade Marks Act and the Copyright Act.

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31 Oct 2008

Authors: Wayne Hudson
Categories: Intellectual Property

Commissioned Works

If the author of the copyright work is “commissioned” by a customer to create the work, the current default position under the Copyright Act is that the commissioner will become the first owner of the copyright

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27 Oct 2008