Wednesday - 13 August, 2008Patentable subject matterA 'manner of manufacture' is something 'more' than a mere discovery or principle: it must be some thing or praactical means of applying that principle in a field of economic endeavour (qua NRDC at e.g. [15] and [22]) and now, apparently, we have an example of a discovery or principle which was not patentable as being too abstract rather than a practical application ... Wednesday - 30 July, 2008Domain name disputes in AustraliaMark Bender, at Monash University, has written about domain name disputes in Australia ... Tuesday - 29 July, 2008ParodyNicholas Suzor tries to work out where parody fits into Australian copyright law ... Tuesday - 29 July, 2008Copyright owners versus ISPsReports today that the UK Government has 'brokered' a deal between copyright owners and ISPs forcing ISPs to take a more pro-active role in cutting off illegal downloaders ... Thursday - 24 July, 2008Dollars v senseThe latest plans to extend copyright term in the EU seem to have fired up a collected who's who of copyright academics ... Tuesday - 22 July, 2008Patentable subject matter issues paperACIP has released its issues paper on Patentable Subject Matter ... Saturday - 19 July, 2008Saturday - 19 July, 2008Innovators and entrepreneursJoshua Gans says he has been teaching this case study to his MBA students ... Saturday - 19 July, 2008Jib Jab did it again!The folks who brought us This Land have now found Time for some campaignin' ... Friday - 11 July, 2008Innovation ScorecardThe Commonwealth Department of Innovation Industry, Science and Research has published an Intellectual Property Scorecard 2002 - 2006. There are a wealth of interesting statistics to ponder ... Friday - 11 July, 2008Barefoot in the drinkE & J Gallo failed in its action against Lion Nathan alleging that BAREFOOT RADLER for beer infringed Gallo's registration of BAREFOOT for wine. Worse news for Gallo, its trade mark was ordered to be removed for non-use ... Wednesday - 09 July, 2008Product placementYou know how James Bond stopped driving Aston Martins (notwithstanding Top Gear) for BMWs and always wears an Omega watch and the computer monitors on everyone's desks are ... Wednesday - 09 July, 2008Fair use and online video2 Washington DC professors (with an impressive line up of contributors) have released a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video ... Friday - 04 July, 2008Groooaaannnn ...The Australian Copyright Council reports that the recent Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting has identified the problem of parallel importation of books as a priority area for reform and referred the issue to the Productivity Commission ... Thursday - 03 July, 2008Confidential InformationYesterday's Age reported on a former GSK executive's victory in a court action brought by GSK alleging he had started up a competing business using GSK's confidential information - Pain relief for scientist who took on tall poppy. The case itself is GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd v Ritchie & Anor [2008] VSC 164 ... |
