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Health and nutrition claims - what claims can you now make?

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 13 2013

On 18 January 2013, the law in New Zealand regulating health and nutrition claims was significantly changed due to the introduction of Standard 1.2.7

We can patent jeans so what about genes?

  • Baldwins
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 26 2013

Our genes determine how we look, how our bodies work, and we now know that they also play a major role in our susceptibility to disease. Consequently

Australian Federal Court decides human genes are patentable

  • AJ Park
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • February 21 2013

Nicholas J held that an isolated nucleic acid, which may have precisely the same chemical composition and structure as that found in human cells

Healthcare of New Zealand Ltd v CCDHB (14 December 2012)

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • February 12 2013

Healthcare of New Zealand (Healthcare) took judicial review proceedings against a series of decisions by Capital & Coast District Health Board

New food standard to affect nutrition and health claims is your business ready for the change?

  • Baldwins
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • February 11 2013

On 18 January 2013, a new food Standard (Standard 1.2.7 - Nutrition, Health and Related Claims) developed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Smoking ban in Auckland prison implemented unlawfully

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 8 2013

Late last year the High Court ruled that the implementation of the smoking ban in Auckland Prison was implemented unlawfully. The

Official information request: "let's cross out our names." Maybe not!

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 4 2013

Retiring Ombudsman David McGee QC has issued a robust opinion restating the position regarding redacting names of individuals from responses to

India’s IP Appellate Board endorses compulsory license of patented cancer drug to generic manufacturer

  • Baldwins
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  • Australia, India, New Zealand
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  • January 16 2013

In March 2012 the Indian Patent Office (IPO) granted its first compulsory license to Natco Pharma, an Indian generic manufacturer, revoking the

Decision to stop funding day services for over 65s was unjustified discrimination

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • December 19 2012

In 2005, due to fiscal pressures, the Ministry of Health decided to stop funding day services for people with intellectual disabilities who were over 65. Idea Services successfully challenged this decision at the Human Rights Review Tribunal, with the Tribunal finding that the decision to stop funding was unjustified discrimination on the grounds of age

Nurse's dismissal for convictions justified notwithstanding process failures

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • December 19 2012

A nurse set fire to her car in an attempt to take her life, and was charged with two counts of arson

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