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September - 2008
POSTED BY: Peter Brown
ON: 12 September 2008
After almost a decade at university training to be a scientist, I decided about a year ago to change careers to become a patent attorney. You might wonder why I left behind my lab bench and trusty pipette and made a leap into intellectual property (IP) law.
POSTED BY: Jennifer Lucas
ON: 11 September 2008
In a recent decision Jacobson v Katzer (2008-1001), the US Appeals court ruled that someone who used “open-source” software outside the conditions of the open source license can be sued for copyright infringement. A District Court previously ruled that the breach only gave rise to a contractual cause of action. This decision is particularly important as federal copyright law remedies are more extensive than those available under contract law.
POSTED BY: Shona Foster
ON: 10 September 2008
University of Western Australia v Gray: The Implications for New Zealand Research Organisations
POSTED BY: Rachel Dawson
ON: 01 September 2008
By Rachel Dawson, Senior Solicitor, James & Wells Intellectual Property
Catching the distributor of counterfeit goods is a constant headache for the fashion industry. And, the ability for a them to now reach an international audience online has only widened the problem.