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Passing Off
The issue of passing off and breach of the Fair Trading Act 1986 was considered in the High Court in 2000. In Patience & Nicholson (NZ) Ltd v Cyclone Hardware…
Domain Names
The courts in New Zealand have been willing to uphold rights in domain names and to require cybersquatters to either cancel their registered domain names or to hand them over…
UDRP – Type Procedure For Domain Name Disputes
The Internet Society of New Zealand (ISOCNZ) is setting up a working group to consider the question of whether New Zealand should adopt a UDRP-type arrangement to resolve New Zealand…
Computer Crimes
Through a Supplementary Order Paper dated November 7 2000, an amendment to the Crimes Act was proposed through the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 6). The purpose of the Supplementary Order…
Electronic Transactions Bill
The bill is intended to advance the goal of facilitating the use of modern technology and to take advantage of the knowledge economy. It contains provisions intended to facilitate these…
Dealing in Pirated DVDs
One of the key concerns in the entertainment industries is the ease by which films, music, computer games and all other manner of modern day content can be copied and…
Privacy in an Online World
From the dissenting judgment of Justice Callinan in the High Court of Australia in ABC v Lenah Game Meats [2001] HCA 63. "As populations expand, privacy becomes more elusive. The…
Battle Of The Buds
On 1 June 2001 Justice Doogue delivered an important judgment in the trade mark field. The dispute was between two old adversaries, Anhauser-Busch of the USA and Budweiser Budvar of…
The Arsenal Case
In April 2001 in Arsenal Football Club Plc v Reed, the English High Court (Laddie J) delivered a decision of some importance in the trade mark field. The case involved…