9
Dec
2009
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Mark Gavin
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Intellectual Property
As a predominantly English speaking country, the Latin alphabet is an all-encompassing aspect of communication. Its use as the sole internet domain script has most likely never seemed problematic. But how does this sit with more than half of the world’s internet users who live by non-Latin alphabet scripts?
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19
Nov
2009
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Kirk Boladeras
Mark Gavin
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Intellectual Property
Readers may recall that at the time of our 22 September article, concerns were being raised over the proposed Google Books settlement agreement. On 13 November 2009 an amended settlement agreement which has implications for New Zealand authors was filed with the United States District Court for consideration.
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9
Oct
2009
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Mark Gavin
Kate Mullarkey
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Intellectual Property
Litigation
In a recent High Court decision Viacom Global (Netherlands) B.V v Scene 1 Entertainment Limited (In Receivership) & Anor the High Court has been required to decide on the priority between the Copyright Act 1994 and the Personal Properties Securities Act 1999.
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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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