by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Trade Marks
CO-OP COCK-UP Alex McDonald | Trade Mark Litigation Lawyer, Auckland A descriptive trade mark seem like a great idea but can prove be a real headache down the line. Here’s a case that illustrates howa descriptive trade mark can cause problems. The Public Service...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Trade Marks
An Ace Card: Shape Trade Mark Registrations Alex McDonald, Trade Mark Dispute Lawyer, Auckland A trade mark registration for the shape of a product is one of the holy grails of trade mark protection. The distinctive trade mark triangle shape Toblerone box is a good...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Trade Marks
BATTLE OF THE BATTS: EPISODE 2 Alex McDonald, Trade Mark Litigation Barrister, Auckland The recent Court of Appeal decision, Tasman Insulation New Zealand Ltd v Knauf Insulation Ltd [2015] NZCA 602, now represents the leading New Zealand authority on the...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Domain name
LETS TALK ABOUT SEX Alex McDonald, Domain Name Dispute Barrister, Auckland – Sexually Transmitted Infections Education Foundation Ltd (STIEF) v Family First NZ DRS 1125 (7/12/2015 Expert Barker) The Domain Name Commission (DNC) dispute resolution service enables...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Harmful Digital Communications
REVENGE PORNOGRAPHERS TO GET A SPANKING Alex McDonald | Information Technology Barrister, Auckland Harmful Digital Communications Bill The Harmful Digital Communications Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in late 2013, is expected to be passed into law by the...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Domain name
LENOVO AND THE FANTASY GAME CHARACTER Lenovo domain name dispute | Alex McDonald, Domain Name Dispute Lawyer, Auckland – Download the case here The Domain Name Commission or DNC handles disputes in New Zealand about the registration of .nz domain names. DNC’s...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | Trade Marks
INSULATION WARS: BATTLE OF THE BATTS Alex McDonald | Trade Mark Dispute Lawyer, Auckland NZ Batts trade mark dispute – Download the case here HTML is the standard mark-up language used to create web pages. An HTML metatag is not displayed on the landing page,...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
PRODUCT DESIGN PROTECTION: IT’S DIFFERENT ACROSS THE DITCH New Zealand law provides good product design copyright protection for industrial designs. Here, product designs can be protected at the same time by copyright and as registered designs as well as potentially,...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Additional damages: Setting the record straight Alex McDonald, Intellectual Property Barrister, Auckland Section 121(2) of the Copyright Act 1994 gives the Court in copyright infringement cases the ability to award additional damages over and above compensatory...
by Alex McDonald | Jun 18, 2017 | copyright, Intellectual Property
Absence of Design Path Ultimately Unravels Copyright Defence Alex McDonald, Copyright Lawyer, Auckland Copyright infringement cases typically throw up a series of hurdles for a plaintiff to successfully cross before securing judgment. The knowledge that the...
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