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Articles

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…