Anna Spies, Author at King & Wood Mallesons Pulse

Productivity Commission recommends extensive changes to Australian IP – including fair use, circumventing geoblocks, abolishing business method and software patents and more!

29 April 2016

By Anna Spies

Today, the Productivity Commission has released its draft report into Australia’s intellectual property arrangements.

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500 versions of software – when is a new version of software original and when does copyright subsist?

15 March 2016

By Anna Spies

The Full Court, in its recent decision JR Consulting & Drafting Pty Limited v Cummings [2016] FCAFC 20 tackled some difficult questions of subsistence of copyright and originality.

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Our top 5 Australian copyright developments in 2015

11 January 2016

By Anna Spies

As 2016 begins, we take a look back at the key developments in copyright in 2015 in Australia.

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Haters Gonna Hate (hate, hate, hate, hate): Why are famous singers so often sued for copyright infringement?

23 November 2015

By Anna Spies

Taylor Swift was sued by R&B singer Jesse Braham for US$42 million for alleged copyright infringement in the lyrics of her chart toppings song “Shake it Off”.

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The Dancing Baby case: considering fair use before sending a copyright take-down notice – implications for Australia

6 October 2015

By Anna Spies

There has been a lot of talk lately about the “Dancing Baby” lawsuit (a.k.a Lenz v Universal Music Corp).

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Dallas Buyers Club – customer details not to be released (yet)

17 August 2015

By Anna Spies

In the Dallas Buyers Club proceeding, Dallas Buyers Club and Voltage Pictures sought preliminary discovery from a number of ISPs of customer names and addresses associated with 4,716 IP addresses alleged to have been used to infringe copyright.

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Government announces economic analysis of ALRC copyright recommendations

13 August 2015

By Anna Spies

Yesterday, the Government announced that it has commissioned an economic analysis of some of the recommendations made by the Australian Law Reform Commission in its Copyright and the Digital Economy Report.

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TARJAY or TARGET? The registration of parody trade marks

28 July 2015

By Anna Spies

Many Australians colloquially refer to the department store Target as “Tar-Jay” (with a fake French accent), cheekily introducing an up-market French boutique association to Target’s affordable goods.

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Proposed new website blocking powers for the Federal Court

20 April 2015

By Anna Spies

There has been a great flurry of activity in the online copyright infringement space lately.

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Dallas Buyers Club – Court to order the (conditional) disclosure of customer details following allegations of copyright infringement

16 April 2015

By Anna Spies

On 7 April, Justice Perram of the Federal Court of Australia found that iiNet and five other ISPs should provide the names and addresses associated with 4,716 IP addresses to Dallas Buyers Club and Voltage Pictures.

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