by Alex McDonald | Jun 19, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Fashion Police: The low-down on copyright in the New Zealand fashion industry “Thank you again for a stellar job on our recent copyright claims. It truly was a great result and I’m sure the message has been loud and clear to both their respective product teams!”...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Oraka v Geostel | The Saga Continues … Alex McDonald | Intellectual Property Lawyer, Auckland In what promises not to be the last Court decision in the ongoing Oraka v Geostel copyright infringement saga the Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court’s...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Technical Arguments Sink in Flotsam Furniture Case Alex McDonald, Copyright Infringement Barrister, Auckland Copyright infringement cases often involve technical arguments testing matters like the plaintiffs’ eligibility or entitlement to sue, ownership and...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Record Damages Awarded in “Third-Party” Loss Copyright Infringement Case Alex McDonald | Copyright Barrister, Auckland In what has been one of the longest-running copyright infringement cases in the annals of New Zealand intellectual property law, Justice Hinton in...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
PRODUCT DESIGN PROTECTION: IT’S DIFFERENT ACROSS THE DITCH New Zealand law provides good product design copyright protection for industrial designs. Here, product designs can be protected at the same time by copyright and as registered designs as well as potentially,...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Additional damages: Setting the record straight Alex McDonald, Intellectual Property Barrister, Auckland Section 121(2) of the Copyright Act 1994 gives the Court in copyright infringement cases the ability to award additional damages over and above compensatory...
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