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Toasting the success of Cognition Education

Posted on 02/09/2010

Baldwins were delighted to be sponsors of the recent Air NZ Cargo Export Awards in Auckland, sponsoring the Consultants and Services Exporter of the Year Award. Read More

ONLINE TRADE MARK DISPUTES: Challenges of an Evolving Front

Posted on 16/08/2010 by Philip Thoreau, Alison MacKenzie and Katherine Craig

The Internet is a place of endless possibilities, increasingly the first port of call for consumers of anything from agricultural machinery to designer clothing. Read More

Generics and Pharmac - again

Posted on 06/08/2010 by Dawson Liu

The ongoing battle between pharmaceutical companies and the manufacturers of generics, with Pharmac as a very interested party received another airing in court recently. Read More

Launch of .co Extension

Posted on 28/07/2010 by Rosemary Wallis and Vineetha Veerakumar

On 1 March 2010, the Colombian Domain Name Registry launched a new top level domain (TLD) extension – ‘. co’. Given the saturation of the generic TLD ‘. Read More

Disputing Ownership of Copyright

Posted on 27/07/2010 by Vineetha Veerakumar

Disputes over ownership of copyright often arise in situations where one party “commissions” someone else to create an original work. Read More

FIFA 2010 – What Can We Learn From an Ambush Marketing Perspective?

Posted on 27/07/2010 by Sue Irwin Ironside

With the wrap up of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, Paul the Octopus can go back to his grotto and contemplate his newfound psychic abilities and those of us with an interest in intellectual... Read More

Government maintains its hard line on software patents

Posted on 23/07/2010 by Chris Way

Recent rumours that there could be a re-wording of the exclusion of computer programs from patentability have been quashed by Commerce Minister Simon Power. Read More

EU dispute with India and Brazil ups stakes in generics saga

Posted on 21/07/2010 by Tim Stirrup and Katherine Hebditch

This article was published in the January issue of CiNZ, the professional journal of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Read More

Patenting software in New Zealand – in or out?

Posted on 08/07/2010

As is the case in Australia, New Zealand's patent law is currently being revised, though the New Zealand reforms are much further through the parliamentary system. Read More

Patents back in business, at least in the US

Posted on 30/06/2010 by Wes Jones, Chris Way and Duncan Schaut

The US Supreme Court has issued its long awaited decision on the patentability of business methods. Read More