﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS generated by max:presence  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:53 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:blogChannel="http://backend.userland.com/blogChannelModule"><channel><title>Hudson Gavin Martin &gt; Hudson Gavin Martin</title><link>http://www.hgmlegal.com</link><description>http://www.hgmlegal.com</description><item><title>The Guide</title><link>http://www.hgmlegal.com/Articles/Our News/46/69/The-Guide.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[HGM is proud to support innovation and we have many clients who come to us with a great idea and want to understand the process for taking that concept to market.  While no two ideas will ever require identical solutions, there are a number of key steps that all innovators should consider. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Bill </title><link>http://www.hgmlegal.com/Articles/Intellectual Property/9/68/Copyright-Infringing-File-Sharing-Bill-.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[The issue of how New Zealand will deal with unauthorized sharing of copyright material via the internet has taken another interesting turn. Current enforcement measures under the Copyright Act 1994 are considered ineffective. Section 92A of the Act was intended to provide a way to address this problem by forcing ISPs to have a policy providing for account termination, but was met with a lot of public concern. Readers may recall that at the time of our last article of 15 July 2009 Government were considering amending the section. On Tuesday, Minister of Commerce Simon Power introduced the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Bill (the <strong>Bill</strong>) to Parliament which if passed will repeal s92A in favour of a new set of enforcement measures.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No Copyright in Compilations and Databases?</title><link>http://www.hgmlegal.com/Articles/Intellectual Property/9/67/No-Copyright-in-Compilations-and-Databases.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[In an eagerly awaited decision of the Federal Court of Australia,  Justice Gordon held that no copyright subsists in the White Pages and Yellow Pages directories.  <br /><br />The decision has significant ramifications for producers of compilations and databases of factual information (such as telephone directories, public transport timetables and horse racing guides) as it suggests that such works may not be capable of copyright protection.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trans-Tasman Trade Mark Examination Project</title><link>http://www.hgmlegal.com/Articles/Intellectual Property/9/65/Trans-Tasman-Trade-Mark-Examination-Project.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[Recently announced cooperation between IPONZ and their Australian counterpart provides new momentum towards harmonized trade mark examinations.  As a result New Zealand businesses operating in Australia should be less likely to find applications for their brands treated differently across the Tasman.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alt Group Wins Grand Prix at World's Premium Design Awards </title><link>http://www.hgmlegal.com/Articles/Our News/46/60/Alt-Group-Wins-Grand-Prix-at-Worlds-Premium-Design-Awards-.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[Ben Corban and Dean Poole of our client Auckland multidisciplinary design company, Alt Group travelled to Essen, Germany last week to collect their major haul of four <em>red dots</em> at the world’s premium design awards, but arrived home in the weekend with a <em>grand prix</em> also in their luggage.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:53 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>