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In brief: Fairfax Media v Reed International
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- September 9 2010
The Federal Court has denied relief to Fairfax Media in its claim for copyright infringement against Reed International's ABIX service, which reproduced headlines from the Australian Financial Review ('AFR'
Wild Turkey’s goose chase: court discretion keeps competitor’s trade mark on the register
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- April 6 2011
In the latest Australian chapter of a long-running, international trade mark dispute between the owners of Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey and Wild Geese whiskey, the Federal Court has exercised its discretion not to remove the registered Wild Geese trade mark for non-use, even though the statutory grounds for doing so had been established
Raising the Bar: improvements to Customs seizures for trade mark and copyright owners
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- May 21 2012
The significant intellectual property law reforms contained within the recently enacted Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2011 are largely focused upon Australia’s patent system
Copyright claim against ABC TV’s rage turns on ownership
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- November 17 2010
A recent decision of the Federal Court emphasises two key factors that copyright litigants should keep in mind: they must be able to establish they performed the acts that qualify them as owners of the copyright they claim has been infringed, and they must bring their claim within six years of the infringement
It continues: Sirtex awarded over $2.5 million in UWA v Gray cross-claim
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- July 12 2010
The Federal Court recently handed down the latest judgment (University of Western Australia v Gray (No 29) 2010 FCA 665) in the long-running matter of UWA v Gray, which we have covered in previous In Brief updates
UK High Court finds copyright in newspaper headlines; Fairfax distinguished
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia, United Kingdom
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- December 14 2010
In a decision with strikingly similar facts yet markedly different findings to September's Federal Court decision of Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd, the UK High Court has ruled that newspaper headlines are capable of copyright protection and that users of online media-monitoring services will infringe the copyright of newspaper publishers unless they obtain an appropriate licence
Federal Court clarifies rules for employer ownership of copyright - Edsonic Pty Ltd v Cassidy 2010 FCA 1008
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- September 22 2010
The Federal Court has clarified the circumstances in which employers may claim ownership of copyright works created by their employees, and in particular how Courts will determine whether works are made in pursuance of an employment contract
The federal court ushers newspapers into the IceTV age
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- December 8 2010
In a decision with far-reaching implications for Australia's creative and media industries, Justice Bennett of the Federal Court has recently ruled that newspaper headlines do not, as a class, enjoy copyright protection
AFACT loses copyright appeal: full federal court finds iiNet did not authorise infringement
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- February 25 2011
In a landmark 2-1 decision (Jagot J dissenting) with three separate judgments, the Full Federal Court yesterday dismissed an appeal against last year's decision that found internet service provider iiNet was not liable for the infringement of copyright by its users
ISPs propose “5 strikes and you’re warned” infringement policy; copyright owners unsatisfied
- Davies Collison Cave
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- Australia
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- December 5 2011
An alliance of ISPs has proposed a self-regulated scheme to warn infringing users about the potential consequences of their activities
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