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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…

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…

NZ Law Awards 2017

At the Zone Law table - finalists for IP Specialist Firm of the Year

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…

Instant Apps

Google plans to merge webpages and apps http://www.wired.com/2016/05/instant-apps-google-aims-make-web-apps-one/

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…

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…

Cyber-Bullying

First prosecution under the the Harmful Digital Communications Act for threatening to post nude images.http://nzh.tw/11615758 

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…