Domain name disputes: Will the President play his trump card again?
19 July 2018
The Trump Organisation owns a lot of domain names – around 3,000, for everything from to .
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‘Sexy’ stamp leaves United States Postal Service blushing
17 July 2018
The United States Government, acting through the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered to pay US $3.5 million for copyright infringement after accidentally using a replica Statue of Liberty on its 2011 Forever Stamp.
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All’s fair in love and war? The limits of the “fair dealing” copyright exception
7 August 2017
The Fair Dealing-Fair Use war has been raging in Australia since antiquity.
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Counter-productive? Australia’s Productivity Commission releases Final Report into Australia’s Intellectual Property Arrangements
21 December 2016
Yesterday, Australia’s Productivity Commission released their Final Report into Australia’s Intellectual Property Arrangements.
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“Your word is your bond”: Is Trump’s plagiarism of Obama copyright infringement?
10 August 2016
As the US presidential election continues, with it comes more copyright controversies.
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And the copyright changes keep coming – safe harbour, fair dealing and more
29 January 2016
If copyright lawyers hadn’t already had a busy enough year in 2015 with the introduction of the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015, they were in for a special holiday treat when the Department of Communications and the Arts released some more interesting draft amendments to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (“the Act”) for public comment on Christmas Eve.
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Would you pay for a meme? Getty claims copyright licence fees for Socially Awkward Penguin
16 September 2015
Posting a cringeworthy meme can often cost you a few Facebook friends.
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Government announces economic analysis of ALRC copyright recommendations
13 August 2015
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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Self(ie) made: Artist makes a Princely sum selling other people’s photos
4 June 2015
That selfie stick might actually be a wise investment – after all, your next Instagram post could be worth thousands.
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What’s in a name? Saks v “Snaks” trade mark dispute
2 December 2014
(Unfortunately, not for human consumption.
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