“To authorise” has the same meaning for patents and copyright
29 March 2010
Authorisation seems to be the flavour of the month.
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US copyright – register for your remedies
29 March 2010
Foreign copyright holders who create material that has international value should consider registration of their copyright with the United States Copyright Office, as failure to do so may result in the denial of key remedies in the event of copyright infringement in the United States.
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Trade mark ‘Nexus’ too close for comfort
26 March 2010
(For those of you interested in following the various issues arising out of Google’s bid for the “NEXUS ONE” trade mark, be sure to read our previous blog on claims by the estate of science fiction writer Philip K Dick that the name has been taken from his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, later made into the movie Blade Runner.) Quite apart from its unresolved issues with androids and electric sheep, Google has hit another hurdle in its application for the “NEXUS ONE” trade mark which it is currently using for its recently released smartphone.
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Google Adwords trade mark decision: your questions answered
25 March 2010
By now, most readers will have seen that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has handed down its long awaited decision in relation to Adwords on 23 March 2010.
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Tiger and Lara – the public, the private and the inappropriate
18 March 2010
Tiger Woods’ announcement yesterday that he will return to professional golf at the US Masters in Augusta provides a (very loose) opportunity to discuss “how times have changed” when it comes to permissible speech.
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Luscious lips sink ships
17 March 2010
Nature’s Blend left caution to the wind as it pursued confectionery giant Nestlé over the use of the words ‘luscious Lips’ appearing on the Allen’s ‘RETRO PARTY MIX’ lolly packet (Nestlé having acquired Allen’s in 1989).
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Defusing a tricky situation: “The Hurt Locker” under fire
16 March 2010
Shortly before winning six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the makers of The Hurt Locker found themselves subject to a lawsuit filed in the New Jersey District Court on 3 March 2010.
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Hey, leave them tracks alone!
15 March 2010
A recent decision by the United Kingdom’s High Court could lead parts of the music industry to call into question the common practice of selling individual tracks on the internet where artists specifically intended that the tracks be heard together.
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BREAKING NEWS: Court refuses Sanofi’s application for special leave to appeal to the High Court
12 March 2010
This morning the High Court refused an application by Sanofi-Aventis for special leave to appeal a decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court which found that its patent claiming salts of the isolated enantiomer of a known racemate was invalid for want of inventive step.
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