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Entries from May 2010

New Zealand: Sticks And Stones: The Interplay Between Rights Conferred Under The Trade Marks Act 2002 And The Tort Of Passing Off / Fair Trading Act 1986 – James & Wells Intellectual Property

May 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Consider this: You are a New Zealand company which has been manufacturing a product (for argument’s sake, an agricultural implement) for over 30 years. You have enjoyed modest success and you are reasonably well known in the industry and amongst potential customers, but you are certainly not famous. On advice from your patent attorney you have taken the precaution of registering your name, Prosperity Group, as a trade mark.

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks

Record companies hail radio royalty hike (source: New Zealand Herald)

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Radio bosses are singing the blues after a 58 per cent rise in the royalties music stations pay record companies and performers.The Copyright Tribunal has issued a decision that effectively sets the new performance royalties at… (source: New Zealand Herald) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks

VIZIO Wins Favorable Federal Circuit Appeal Rulingthursday (source: AG IP News)

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments

IRVINE, CA – VIZIO, America’s HDTV and Consumer Electronics Company, announced in a press release that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC issued a ruling yesterday holding that certain "work-around" VIZIO digi… (source: AG IP News) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks

Registration Abuse Addressed (source: AG IP News)

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments

MARINA DEL REY, CA – The Registration Abuse Policies Working Group has published its Final Report on May 29, 2010, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Following a public comment period on its Initial Report, the Wo… (source: AG IP News) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks

UAE Launches .emarat Domain Name, TAG-Domains Provides IDNs in Arabic Script (source: AG IP News)

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments

ABU DHABI – Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) announced in a press release that the UAE Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) has officially launched one of the first non-English top-level domain names .emarat (in Arabic script) in the Unite… (source: AG IP News) – Share on TwitterShare on FacebookRSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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Tags: Copyright · Design rights · Trade marks