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ezine – Put a Clip on YouTube....Nek Minnit Someone Stole My IP
16 Apr 2012
Levi Hawken has become an internet phenomenon. All it took was a nine second YouTube clip in which he "coins" the phrase "nek minnit"...
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ezine – Welcome to the June edition of our x-tech ezine
08 Jun 2010
- You May XNotX Decompile or Reverse Engineer this Software
– Of Course We Can
– s92A Reboot: Ordinary Businesses Exempt From ISPs' New Anti-Piracy Obligations
– Software Patents Sent to the Recycle Bin
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Intellectual Property – Has the patent tortoise almost reached the finish line?
01 Jun 2010
The Patents Bill, which will provide a complete re-write and reform of New Zealand’s patent law, has been reported back from Parliament’s Commerce Select Committee and is heading for its second reading in Parliament...
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Intellectual Property
The Patents Bill, which will provide a complete re-write and reform of New Zealand’s patent law, has been reported back from Parliament’s Commerce Select Committee and is heading for its second reading in Parliament. And in a new twist on the old fable, the Select Committee has added a few hare-like twists to this tortoise of a piece of legislation...
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On Your Marks – Simpson Grierson’s Intellectual Property Update
12 Apr 2010
- Lookalike Products? Europe and Australia – Not So Alike
– Patents – To Amend or Not to Amend...
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- Lookalike Products? Europe and Australia – Not So Alike
– Patents – To Amend or Not to Amend. Let’s Not Decide
– Leading a Horse to Water and Making the Calf Drink
– Remedies Corner: Compound Interest on an Account of Profits
– Team News: New Zealand’s Leading Intellectual Property Law Firm
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ezine – Welcome to the February edition of our x-tech ezine
08 Feb 2010
- Luxury Brands Attempt to Hit Back At Online Marketplaces
– Copyright Myths and Online Content
– "I Want Out!" – Terminating Supply Agreements
– My Loss Came Round a Corner – Does That Make It Indirect or Consequential?
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August 2009 – Section 92A - The Saga Continues
02 Dec 2009
The proposal releases ISPs from the obligation to have a policy to terminate the internet accounts of repeat copyright infringers...
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On Your Marks – Visual Artists to Get More Share in the Spoils
19 Aug 2009
For emerging visual artists, the price tags for their new pieces of work will generally be low. Only when an artist's work becomes well known will the work generate a higher value...
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August 2009 – Proposed Reforms to Public Sector Procurement
01 Aug 2009
In June, the Government announced a reform agenda for government procurement policy and practice...
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August 2009 – Outsourcing Arrangements and the Privacy Act
01 Aug 2009
The outsourcing of business functions (such as information technology and customer support/call centres) to third party providers...
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August 2009 – Copyright Commissioning - Back to Basics
01 Aug 2009
As reported in our May 2009 edition of On Your Marks, the National government has dropped the Copyright Amendment Bill which proposed the abolition of the copyright commissioning rule...
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Franchise First – Franchising regulation in New Zealand - not broken, no need to fix it
23 Jun 2009
After a ten month hiatus, the issue of franchise regulation has again hit the headlines in New Zealand. It appears it will be a fleeting visit only...
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On Your Marks – Omnibus Amendment Bill and Patents Bill Receive First Readings
13 May 2009
The Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill proposes a number of amendments to the Trade Marks Act 2002 and the Copyright Act 1994...
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On Your Marks – Proposed Copyright Amendments on the Scrap-Heap
13 May 2009
First for the scrap-heap was the Copyright (Artists’ Resale Right) Amendment Bill, which was withdrawn in March 2009...
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On Your Marks – Scope of Protection for Well Known Brands Considered
13 May 2009
Although the TIC TAC mark was clearly well known for mint candy products, the "stark differences" in goods meant that there was no suggestion of a trade connection, and consumers were unlikely to be confused...
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On Your Marks – Tiny Intelligence Ltd v Resport Ltd - Supreme Intelligence
13 May 2009
The Supreme Court recently affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal in Tiny Intelligence Ltd v Resport Ltd, discussed in our April 2009 issue of On Your Marks...
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Franchise First – Court of Appeal decides both franchisors and franchisees are consenting adults
28 Apr 2009
The Court of Appeal recently released its decision in David & Anor v TFAC Ltd, which dealt with the fallout from a franchise relationship turned sour...
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On Your Marks – Pre-Emptive Measures in Patent Disputes - Declarations of non-infringement
08 Apr 2009
The High Court has recently issued a decision regarding a little known and rarely used provision of the Patents Act 1953...
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On Your Marks – Additional Damages for Copyright Infringement - They’re 'additional to damages'
08 Apr 2009
In our May 2007 issue of On Your Marks we discussed the Tiny Intelligence Ltd v Resport Ltd decision, in which the High Court ruled that the category of damages known as 'additional damages' are not available...
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On Your Marks – High Court Acknowledges Copyright in Slogans - There’s copyright in this slogan
07 Apr 2009
Other copyright works were pleaded, but as Electropar admitted that it had infringed Sunlec's copyright in those works they were not rigorously discussed...
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On Your Marks – Government Jumps Onboard with Release of Omnibus Amendment Bill
17 Feb 2009
The introduction of the Trade Marks (International Treaties and Enforcement) Amendment Bill on 8 September 2008 signifies a move by Government to amend certain deficiencies in New Zealand's current intellectual property regime...
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On Your Marks – International Treaties
17 Feb 2009
Under the Bill, amendments to the Trade Marks Act will allow New Zealand to accede to three important international trade mark treaties – the Madrid Protocol, the Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trade Marks...
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On Your Marks – Customs and Border Protection
17 Feb 2009
The increase in world trade has generated an unprecedented proliferation of counterfeit products. In the modern marketplace, anything that can be bought and sold can...
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Franchise First – Franchise Appeal Runs Out of Puff
19 Nov 2008
Disputes between franchisors and franchisees relating to projected franchise turnover are common...
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On The Case – Lab Tests Wins $560M Contract Back From Medlab
06 Oct 2008
The Court of Appeal has handed the $560 million Auckland community pathology testing contract back to Lab Tests after the High Court took it off them last year...
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Franchise First – Review of Franchising Regulation In New Zealand - If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It?
22 Aug 2008
The Ministry of Economic Development has released a discussion document requesting submissions on whether there is a need for specific franchise regulation in New Zealand...
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On Your Marks – Patents Bill (Finally) Introduced
19 Aug 2008
After waiting the best part of two decades, the long overdue revision of New Zealand's antiquated patent legislation took a monumental step forward...
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On Your Marks – New Zealand Joins Anti-Counterfeiting Negotiations
19 Aug 2008
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement will establish a common standard for the global enforcement of intellectual property rights, particularly in the context of counterfeit and pirated products...
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On Your Marks – Factors Relevant to Accounts of Profits for Infringement
19 Aug 2008
This case examines the failure of the trade mark owner to act promptly to protect its rights in the Hefty trade marks and the impact of that delay on the amount of profits that is recoverable...
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On The Case – The High Court Herceptin Debate: To Fund or Not to Fund?
27 Jun 2008
In April, in an unprecedented move, eight women suffering from breast cancer took on the might of the Crown pharmaceutical funding agency Pharmac in the High Court...
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On Your Marks – All's Fair in our Love of Sport?
07 May 2008
When it came to the biggest international event in the rugby union calendar, the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, it was the commercial value of the coverage on television which gave rise to a more interesting battle for many of us...
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On Your Marks – Praise for Some Guidance on Grounds for Revocation of Trade Marks for Non-Use
07 May 2008
Goodman Fielder produces a range of popular mayonnaise and salad dressings under the PRAISE brand in Australia...
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On Your Marks – Bad Faith: the "sleeping provision" raises some interesting questions
07 May 2008
The Neumann case concerned New Zealand Trade Mark Application No 704235 a mark incorporating a cartoon of a seated boy, accompanied by the words "El Niño Tarifa". Sons of the Desert, S.L. filed its application for the mark in November 2003...
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On Your Marks – Remedies Corner: Patent "Parasites" Not Destroyed
07 May 2008
In Ancare v Bayer, Ancare had applied for an interim injunction regarding what it claimed was Bayer's unlicensed use of its patented formulation for a remedy that destroys parasites in livestock...
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