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New Food Standard to Affect Nutrition and Health claims – Is Your Business Ready for the Change?
Posted on 11/02/2013 by
On 18 January 2013, a new food Standard (Standard 1. 2. 7 – Nutrition, Health and Related Claims) developed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) came into force in New Zealand and Australia. Read More
A Picture is Worth a Thousand …. Dollars???
Posted on 05/02/2013 by
In December 2012, the photo-sharing application Instagram announced plans to change its terms of service. The new terms said that Instagram could “sell user photo[graphs] to advertisers without paying them compensation”. Read More
Kryptonite for creators: How to protect your intellectual property
Posted on 01/02/2013 by
Just months before “The Man of Steel” releases in US cinemas, Warner Bros, the owner of DC Comics, has won an appeal in the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeal confirming its ownership of its rights to... Read More
Mega-misinformation: The difference between cloud computing and file sharing
Posted on 01/02/2013 by
Several news reports in the past week have referred to Kim Dotcom’s new website, Mega, as a “file sharing” website, saying that Dotcom’s company has received “file sharing infringement notices” and mentioning the Mega website alongside reports on... Read More
First alleged pirate walks the plank – lands in shallow water
Posted on 31/01/2013 by
The first of at least 11 infringing file sharing cases before the Copyright Tribunal has now been decided. Read More
Isolated DNA patent-eligible, comparison methods maybe not: Myriad unchanged by Mayo (so far)
Posted on 17/01/2013 by
A 2:1 decision reaffirming Myriad Genetics’ patent rights was made by the U. S. Read More
Callaghan Innovation: A new Advanced Technology Institute for New Zealand – Out of the lab and into the marketplace
Posted on 16/01/2013 by
In December 2012 the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment officially formed an Advanced Technology Institute, to be called Callaghan Innovation, with locations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Read More
India’s IP Appellate Board endorses compulsory license of patented cancer drug to generic manufacturer
Posted on 16/01/2013 by
In March 2012 the Indian Patent Office (IPO) granted its first compulsory license to Natco Pharma, an Indian generic manufacturer, revoking the exclusive rights held by Bayer to market Nexavar (sorafenib tosylate). Read More
The Patent Box – Tax reductions for patent-protected products in the UK
Posted on 15/01/2013 by
Significant tax reductions are in store for UK-based companies profiting from patented or similarly-protected innovations from 1 April 2013. Read More
With a Mc/Mac Whisky Spat, Give the Mill a clone?
Posted on 18/12/2012 by
The New Zealand High Court in The Scotch Whisky Association v The Mill Liquor Save Limited[1][#_ftn1], has reversed an earlier decision by the Assistant Commissioner of Trade Marks which upheld[2][#_ftn2] an application by the Mill Liquor Save Limited... Read More