Current X-Tech Articles
May 2013
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X-Tech articles consider the issues that are important to your industry, including information technology, biotechnology/life sciences, e-business, intellectual property, commercialisation and telecommunications.
X-Tech:
ezine – Pinched from their pocket: Privacy issues for mobile apps
04 Apr 2013
More than half of all New Zealanders now use smartphones, according to government statistics released last year. Most if not all of these users will be using mobile apps as a way of conducting business, accessing information or entertainment and interacting with others...
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ezine – Pirates of Aotearoa
04 Apr 2013
The first decisions on any new area provide a platform from which the public can assess how the relevant law will be applied in future. The first New Zealand Copyright Tribunal decisions on the infringing file sharing provisions of the Copyright Act 1994 are no exception...
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ezine – Internet and the Law: Enforceability of browse-wrap terms and conditions
04 Apr 2013
Most prudent website operators include terms and conditions on their website to make it clear on what basis information, products or services available through the website are being provided...
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X-Tech:
ezine – To .kiwi or not to .kiwi?
04 Apr 2013
ICANN, the international governing body for domain names, is in the process of introducing to the world hundreds, and potentially thousands, of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs)...
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X-Tech:
ezine – Technology by design
17 Dec 2012
Although copyright, patents and trade marks often first come to mind when mentioning "technology" and "intellectual property" together, registered designs can also add significant value to business's intellectual property portfolios for technological products...
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