Internet of Things – Wear to Now?
Looking forward to delving into recent developments in the “Internet of Things” with my co-panellists Judge David Harvey, Lloyd Gallagher, Arran Hunt, Wayne Rumbles and Nik Turner. NZLS Cyber Law Conference in May 2016 in Auckland and Wellington. For more details: 16CLC Brochure
Copyright Commissioning Rule
The Commissioning Rule is an important part of the New Zealand Copyright Act when it comes to those involved in the creative arts and industries. The rule governs who, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, owns the relevant copyright. Regrettably it is a rule which is unknown to many and misunderstood by many others. […]
Inflating the Price of Justice – Hardly!
The editorial in the Australian Financial Review on 27 May 2015 “Why QCs inflate the price of justice” suggests that a labour cartel of advocates has rigged the market for legal services by inflating demand for senior members and that this is a racket and is done under false pretences. What nonsense. Senior members of […]
Recent Interview
Recent interview on New Zealand Law Society website http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/branches/auckland/news/clive-elliott,-qc,-a-barrister,-registered-patent-attorney,-arbitrator-and-artist,-is-interviewed-by-nzls-ayl-committee-member,-sarah-rosanowski
Privacy Now on Tap
Now on Tap raises privacy issues in my view as users are able to access info on the Web and in apps far quicker and seemlesly http://www.wired.com/2015/08/microsoft-bing-api-google-now-on-tap/?mbid=social_twitter
Leave Declined in Doug Andrews Patent Case
Pink Batts insulation trademark battle in Court of Appeal
Recent Law Talk Interview – Stepping down as Convenor of IP Law Committee
New Zealand Law Society LawTalk 875 · 9 October 2015 Very good work over the years C L I V E EL L I O TT The Law Society’s Intellectual Property (IP) Law Committee has done some very good work over the years, according to Clive Elliott KC. Mr Elliott was the longest serving convenor […]
Digital Information is “Property” after all
In a welcome development the New Zealand Supreme Court had just confirmed in Dixon v R (SC 82/2014) [2015] NZSC 147 that digital information is “property”: see http://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/front-page/cases/jonathan-dixon-v-r-1 Putting the more salacious aspects of the Mike Tindall incident to one side what is important for the IT industry, the law and society more generally is […]
Google Books Project = Fair Use
In Authors Guild v Google – US Court of Appeals – Second Circuit – October 16, 2015 the appellants argued that Google’s digital copying amounted to the reproduction of entire books, thereby allowing users – through the snippet function to read portions of the books – was not a legitimate “transformative use”. The appellants also […]