Category: Intellectual property

Test cases, new legislation, final judgments, important treaties and international conferences … Rocco Rinaldo reviews the Australian IP year that was ... more

New Jersey Circuit Court finds no likeness between a “floating head from outer space” and video game player Billy Mitchell … YouTube initiative to protect videos created under Fair Use exceptions … IP Australia lists what is patentable in genetics ... more

Full bench of the High Court rules against patent for breast and ovarian cancer gene in three separate judgments … Leading copyright enforcement agency gets patent for system to identify infringers … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Regulation added to UK copyright law quashed … Interesting US copyright judgment on access to law … Twitter joke attracts copyright infringement suit … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Patent loss appeal delayed for 20 months by lack of final judgment … “Dancing son” YouTube video take-down case, eight years on … Amazon trademark dispute over search results goes to trial … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Monster suit over Godzilla the movie … Apple v Samsung cold war continues … Google diversification results in automated copyright infringement notices … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Music streaming service ceases in the face of massive damages bill … Google’s new marketplace for patents … Quaint Sussex town receives un-quaint letter of demand … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Implications of the Federal Court’s piracy judgment … Australia’s new injunctive regime for online copyright infringement … Apple Watch in Switzerland (not) ... Flickr’s new licensing models … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Australian gene patent dispute headed for the High Court … Megaupload programmer pleads guilty to copyright infringement … RapidShare to close after 13 years … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

US Supreme Court curbs patent appeals court power … Gamer’s streaming service runs into music copyright barrier … Australians urged to pirate R-rated game … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

The past year has seen the release of several seminal reports, followed by much discussion and debate … Internationally, Kim Dotcom, the Pirate Bay and Wiklieaks figured prominently, as Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more

Public consultation on Marrakesh Treaty winding up … Latest developments in Sweden’s biggest file sharing prosecution … Kim Dotcom’s NZ legal team exit stage right … Rocco Rinaldo reports ... more