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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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…