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| Dossier May 12, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Cuba joins challenge to Australia’s plain packaging laws for tobacco products … Australia’s bid to battle piracy stalls … 3D printing rights-holders at risk as technology develops … Irate Californian judge comes down on copyright trolls ... more |
| Dossier April 28, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Corby copyright win uncontroversial … New WIPO document … Anti-counterfeiting and piracy conference … China cracks down on online piracy ... more |
| Dossier April 23, 2013 | |
| This sporting life | |
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The burgeoning Dank file … Aunty under fire from “drunkard” and “racist” ... Yahoo!7 under attack from Queenslanders … Fairfax story suppressed … All over for a mining magnate, a carbon credit trader and a grieving mother ... more |
| Dossier April 16, 2013 | |
| Around the courts | |
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In court with the Corbys … Nun denied higher hearing … Jury for carbon credit “conman” ... The high cost of free speech ... more |
| Dossier April 11, 2013 | |
| The perils of journalism - update | |
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Fairfax Media journalists are under siege around the country – even from the media company’s largest shareholder ... more |
| Dossier April 11, 2013 | |
| IP news | |
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Indian Supreme Court rules in favour of the country’s massive generic pharmaceuticals industry … Swiss company’s cancer drug patent denied … Dramatic twists and turns in US intellectual property and alleged fraud case … Sebastian Dixon reports ... more |
| Dossier April 4, 2013 | |
| Out with the new, in with the old | |
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Plus ca change … After a brief hiatus solicitor Leanne Norman regains all of the Fairfax Media law work ... more |
| Dossier March 25, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Appeal over gene patenting decision … Federal Court opens door to generic cholesterol drug ... Apple’s entire catalogue under attack … US to consider shortening copyright terms ... more |
| Dossier March 13, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Pharmaceutical patents review update … IP Australia’s new PSO fees … Extra royalties for radio internet streaming … Samsung’s Apple damages slashed ... more |
| Dossier March 12, 2013 | |
| The last of Mr Liu? | |
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Embattled financial whiz Eugene Liu suffers another setback on the way to court for his three-week defamation trial, scheduled to start in June ... more |
| Dossier March 12, 2013 | |
| Liberal doses of defamation | |
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Election year action for high-flying Liberals … 12 person jury for Kroger … All but settled for a pollie and a judge … High Court steps for journalists’ sources case … Late night Oxford Street action … Abuse at the RSPCA … Trouble at the Balmain Tigers ... more |
| Dossier February 25, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Federal Court of Australia rules that human genes are patentable … And that computer-implemented inventions aren’t … High Court rules in favour of Google over liability for links … US Six-Strike policy rolls out … “Batsman” too close to “Batman” ... more |
| Dossier February 20, 2013 | |
| The Feds have it | |
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High Court refuses special leave to Minister of Defence Materiel, Michael Kelly … The Federal Court does have jurisdiction to hear defamation matters ... more |
| Dossier February 12, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Draft recommendations for compulsory licence patenting … Two Federal Court appeals afoot over patents for computer-related inventions … Obama’s nominees for top patent court … Final Apple v Samsung damages ... more |
| Dossier February 7, 2013 | |
| Double trouble at bench and bar | |
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Chief Magistrate takes action over Telegraph pension story … Sydney barrister sues over Lawyers Weekly criminal allegations … ABC under attack from alleged people smuggler and noted Aboriginal activist … Scarlet Pimpernel re-emerges to sue Fairfax … Settlements for Ashurst lawyer and sports journo … Alleged Gold Coast cult leader sues Fairfax … Airservices CEO sues over “high living” claims … Celebrity bookmaker seeks judge alone trial … Award-winning journalists stay out of jail, for now … Fairfax to seek security for costs from US businessman ... more |
| Dossier January 30, 2013 | |
| State of contempt | |
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The Supreme Court of Tasmania finds two newspapers guilty of contempt … Editors off the hook .. Publisher pays $30,000 in fines for naming rape victims – twice within in six months ... more |
| Dossier January 25, 2013 | |
| IP news here, and there | |
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Australia and New Zealand unitary patent process update … Trans-Pacific free trade agreement proposals could favour US “Big Pharma” ... Columbia University study exposes pirate music buying patterns … Open access activist suicides ... more |
| Dossier January 23, 2013 | |
| Western culture | |
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The alleged antics of WA Treasurer, Troy “Sniffer” Buswell, precipitate legal action, this time from the man himself … Defamation proceedings brought by the Perth barrister acquitted of murdering his wife on hold – along with his legal practice ... more |