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Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
In New Zealand the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) is considering issues relating to the enforcement of the criminal provisions contained in the Trade Marks Act 2002 and the Copyright…
Copyright Law: Update on Recent Practical Developments – 2007
Paper given to the Auckland District Law Society in August 2007 1. The purpose of this paper is to update practitioners on recent developments in the copyright law area. I…
Online Infringement – Major changes ahead!
The issue of online infringement is a highly contentious one. On 23 February 2010 the NZ the Government introduced the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill. The bill will amend…
‘Cyber Resilience’
The World Economic Forum, made up of private sector leaders had its annual meeting at the end of January 2012. The forum’s aim is to achieve partnering and so called “Cyber…
The Kim Dotcom Saga
How did a big fish like Kim Dotcom, the alleged mastermind of a sophisticated and successful international online pirating operation, end up in the North Shore District Court of New…
Copyright/Designs Overlap
The copyright/design overlap has caused headaches for many in Australia. The High Court of Australia has just ruled on the issue. Commentators see it as a major decision which will…
Ambushed by the Marketing – A Wide New Sponsorship Right
This article was published in the June 2008 edition of the New Zealand Law Journal. This topic is of interest to me through my involvement as co-convener of the New…
Giving Your IP Projection Some Teeth: [Practical] Monitoring and Enforcement [Strategies]
Background As with all aspects of IP protection, both monitoring and enforcement has to be appropriate for the situation, cost-effective and achieve the desired outcomes. This is relatively easy to…