George Croft
Breaking news: “Hollywood bound for the High Court” – Film companies lodge special leave application in iiNet
24 March 2011
In news just to hand, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has issued a press release on its website confirming that the film companies which brought proceedings against ISP, iiNet, in 2008 have lodged an application for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia.
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‘Copyright in a chrysanthemum?’
23 February 2011
Make no mistake about it: Chapman Kelley is an artist.
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“The Adventures of Huck Finn and the Hundred Years’ Copyright”
26 October 2010
Locked away for over a century, Mark Twain’s autobiography will be published for the first time next month.
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‘Strip clubs, flying pigs, bikini-clad girls and sugary treats’
14 July 2010
(Now that we have your attention!…) Earlier this year, we blogged on the Advertising Standards Bureau (“ASB”), the organisation responsible for administering a national system of advertising self-regulation, mainly through its Advertising Standards Board (“Board”).
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‘Your download session has been interrupted…’ – LimeWire liable for inducing copyright infringement
18 May 2010
Summary judgment against one of the last remaining free file-sharing giants was handed down by the US District Court in New York last week.
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Can copyright subsist in a $10,000 suit? ‘Mardi Gras Indians’ seek copyright protection in their ceremonial costumes…
8 April 2010
According to a recent news report, ‘Mardi Gras Indians’ in New Orleans have begun filing for copyright protection in their ceremonial suits.
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Pow! Biff! Bam! Copyright dust-up over superhero rights
22 February 2010
Residents of Metropolis take note… your illustrious superhero is the subject of an American copyright dispute on course for the federal court in ‘downtown’ Manhattan.
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Proving copyright subsistence? Consider the section 128 presumption
5 November 2009
In actions for copyright infringement, respondents frequently challenge subsistence and/or ownership.
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Google’s right to ‘sell’ trade marked keywords: ECJ Advocate General hands down opinion
29 September 2009
Back in July, Georgia Douglas blogged on the UK trade mark dispute between the US global flower delivery company, Interflora Inc, and British retail icon Marks & Spencer.
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