If you invade a property and take photos, who holds copyright in the photo?
27 July 2011
Windrige Farm Pty Ltd is the owner of the Wonga Piggery, located near Young, New South Wales.
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Is copyright law making a monkey out of David Slater?
25 July 2011
Readers may recall the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!, about the life of staff at a fictional fashion magazine.
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SOLAHART and SOLARHUT: are you confused?
25 July 2011
Buying into clean energy solutions is confusing enough from a technology and regulatory point of view but with choices from SOLAR PROSPECT, SOLAR FRONTIER, SOLARPLUS, SOLAR@WORK, eSOLAR, SOLAR RESERVE, FIRST SOLAR, SKYLINE SOLAR, BIG SKY SOLAR, SKYPOWER, JA SOLAR, BP SOLAR and TRINA SOLAR etc where do you start and who does what?!
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Ombudsman’s immunity does not apply to claims of software copyright infringement
25 July 2011
The NSW Ombudsman has lost a claim for immunity from liability for copyright infringements alleged by a software company: see MicroFocus v NSW [2011] FCA 787.
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ECJ gets behind brand owners
13 July 2011
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ“) yesterday ruled that, in certain circumstances, online market operators such as eBay may be held liable for trade mark infringement by users of their sites, and that they should take preventative action against sellers of counterfeit goods.
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Senate adjourns consideration of the Raising the Bar Bill
12 July 2011
Further to our post on 22 June 2011, following the second reading speech of the Property Laws Amendment (Raising The Bar) Bill 2011 the debate on this important reform legislation has been adjourned.
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Art, copyright and transformation
11 July 2011
Artistic works are often inspired by, and may draw upon, other artistic works or texts.
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France to reform its pharmaceutical regulatory system…with possible global implications!
6 July 2011
On 23 June 2011, the French Health Minister proposed significant reforms to the French pharmaceutical regulatory system.
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Update − Australia and New Zealand move even closer to a single patent examination system
6 July 2011
In February this year we blogged about the integration of patent application and examination procedures in Australia and New Zealand.
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