Pub­li­ca­tions

Sep 1, 2020

Your web­site users could expose you to copy­right infringement

Your web­site is under your con­trol and you should ensure that all the mate­r­i­al which you place on your web­site does not infringe the copy­right of oth­ers. Reg­u­lar audit­ing of your own web­site con­tent is there­fore advis­able to avoid copy­right infringement. How­ev­er, in cer­tain indus­tries, such as per­son­nel, edu­ca­tion and…

Sep 1, 2020

Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty in a Cyber World

Intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty is the legal asset in inno­va­tion. The val­ue of inno­va­tion to a busi­ness depends on the extent to which that inno­va­tion is direct­ed to the needs of the rel­e­vant mar­ket. If an inno­va­tion meets that need effec­tive­ly and unique­ly, it can pro­vide that busi­ness with sub­stan­tial­ly increased rev­enue and…

Jun 12, 2018

Pri­va­cy — It is every­one’s business

Even if you have no inter­est in pri­va­cy law, you would need to be liv­ing on a plan­et in a galaxy far, far away not to be aware of the GDPR. GDPR The GDPR (Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion), came into oper­a­tion on 25 May 2018. Dur­ing the weeks lead­ing up to that date…

May 3, 2018

Pro­tect the Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty in your Website

In set­ting up a web­site, it is essen­tial to include stan­dard terms which address such issues as lia­bil­i­ty dis­claimers, user access terms and pri­va­cy pol­i­cy. How­ev­er, it is also impor­tant to ensure that your own intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty is ful­ly pro­tect­ed and that you do not infringe the IP rights of others. 1…

Sep 16, 2016

AdWords: Paragons or Parasites?

Sum­ma­ry A recent Fed­er­al Court case has affirmed the posi­tion in Aus­tralia that the use of AdWords gen­er­al­ly does not con­sti­tute trade mark infringe­ment because it does not rep­re­sent trade mark use. AdWords “AdWords” are mar­ket­ed by Google and they can be very frus­trat­ing to the own­ers of well-known brands. AdWords…