Wayne Hudson

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Wayne Hudson

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Intellectual Property

Commercialising Innovation

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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Wayne Hudson

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Intellectual Property
Litigation

Trade Me v Vertical Axis

A recent decision concerning the registration of domain names under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) involving the domain <trademe.com> illustrates how hard it can be for New Zealand businesses to protect their IP from cyber squatters overseas, and the need for defensive IP protection strategies.

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Wayne Hudson

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Intellectual Property
Commercial Contracts
Litigation

Contracting out of the commissioning rule and Maxim Group v Jones Publishing

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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Wayne Hudson

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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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Wayne Hudson

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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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