Bench and Bar Dinner
At the New Zealand Bar Association’s Bench and Bar dinner in Auckland on 9 June with Fiona McLeod SC (President of the Australian Law Council) Kathryn Beck (President of the New Zealand Law Society) and Patrick O’Sullivan (President of the Australian Bar Association).
Hyperlinks May Infringe Copyright
The Court of Justice of the European Union has cast doubt on the relatively orthodox view that a hyperlink on a website that links to copyrighted material does not constitute an infringement of copyright. In GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV, Playboy Enterprises International Inc., Britt Geertruida Dekker the ECJ held as follows: “…. where it […]
Lawyers Replaced by Computers? Not quite yet…
I enjoyed participating in the debate yesterday at LawFest 2017 https://lawfest.nz/SessionsPage/the-annual-lawfest-debate/ Graham Kohler QC and I argued against the entirely misconceived proposition: “That legal perfection will be achieved when lawyers are replaced with computers”. For my part, I relied on Elon Musk’s warning that “artificial intelligence is our biggest existential threat” and suggested that the […]
Cancer Cure Soon?
I never thought I would say this but the truly awful image below, of a cancer cell, may in our life times be a thing of the past as cancer treatments continue to become more effective. Targeted therapies such as immunotherapies, which use the body’s immune system to target and destroy tumour cells, are at […]
Patent Infringement
Just finished a three-week trial before Whata J in the High Court in Auckland – representing the patentee Assa Abloy which alleged that the defendant, Allegion, had infringed certain claims of its patent; relating to a latch and more specifically a latching mechanism for sliding door locks. Allegion responded by saying that the relevant claims of the patent […]
Instant Apps
Google plans to merge webpages and apps http://www.wired.com/2016/05/instant-apps-google-aims-make-web-apps-one/
INTERNET OF THINGS – WEAR TO NOW?
New Zealand Law Society · Cyber Law Conference – April 2016 – Clive Elliott QC The “Internet of Things” represents a real paradigm shift: The internet of things is here. Few revolutionary technologies have created new value pools, displaced incumbents, changed lives, liquefied industries, andmade a trillion dollar economic impact. That is, until the internet […]
Cyber-Bullying
First prosecution under the the Harmful Digital Communications Act for threatening to post nude images.http://nzh.tw/11615758
Upcoming Flag Referendum
Our new flag flying over the summer break?
LawTech Conference 2016
Will be discussing with colleagues from Shortland Chambers and a practitioner from private practice “technology, tools & tips in the 21st century for the legal practitioner” at the upcoming 2016 LawTech conference 0n 11 May 2016 in Auckland. For registration details: http://www.lawtechnz.com/register