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NZ Covid Tracer App Arrives
The government's contact tracing app, or "digital diary" according to the Prime Minister, has gone live. It seems that once the app is downloaded users are required to scan QR…
Do you want to live in a surveillance state?
The news that Sky City intends to install facial recognition cameras in its casino, supposedly as part of its Covid -19 contact tracing obligation and that the Police have been…
Fighting Covid-19 without Undermining our Democratic Values
Covid -19 has been described as the "invisible enemy”. While that is undoubtedly correct, the real dilemma is how we fight this invisible enemy without undermining our long-standing democratic values,…
Life Lessons from the Best Book Store in the World
Unity Book Store, a small book shop on High Street in Auckland has won a huge prize, being named the International Book Store of the Year at the 2020 London…
Covid -19 and Copyright
I hope you are taking care and coping with the difficulties caused by Covid-19. With social distancing and potential self-isolation one benefit might be, that it will enable us to…
Swift’s Copyright Suit “Shaken Off”
Jesse Graham's lawsuit against Taylor Swift has been thrown out by a US court. Graham alleged that Swift's hit Shake It Off copied his distinctive lyrics, the melodies being entirely…
TRADE MARK NON-USE
Very pleased to have presented in Wellington and Auckland this week for IPSANZ on the ever-live topic of trade mark non-use. Here are the opening and closing (takeaway) slides. Give…
Proposed Short Causes Procedure in High Court
Pleased to have participated in a really interesting roundtable-type discussion at Shortland Chambers last night. Great feedback received from a number of practitioners who gave up their time to attend.…
Can Social Media be a Genuine Force for Good?
The live streamed March 2019 Christchurch attacks and the more recent synagogue attack in Germany remind us that hate speech and the use of social media platforms to propagate hatred…