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Boeing Visit
While at the recent INTA meeting in Seattle I visited the Boeing factory. It's the largest building by volume in the world and employs 35,000 employees at the plant per…
Monkeys Have No (Copy) Rights!
The 9th Circuit Appeals Court in the US has denied PETA's standing to represent the famous selfie monkey Naruto. Even though Naruto is undoubtably smart and very photogenic, in rejecting…
Should authorship equate to purely human effort?
Following on from my previous post on Naruto's case, it's interesting that in the appeals court and the District Court for the Northern District of California (Naruto v. Slater, 15-cv-04324-WHO…
NZ Law Awards 2017
At the Zone Law table - finalists for IP Specialist Firm of the Year
Churchill’s Darkest Hour?
With the new film Darkest Hour about to hit the screens in New Zealand, the focus seems to be on Churchill’s flaws, as opposed to his many achievements. Paul Mason…
Search and Surveillance Review
The Search and Surveillance Act 2012 controls how government agencies, including the Police, search people or property and how they use various surveillance technology and devices. Even though the legislation…
No Copyright in Chorus Line
Taylor Swift is back in the news. This time for the wrong reasons - it is alleged she lifted key words from the lyrics of another song and thereby infringed…
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…