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27 October 2022
Henry Hughes IP has been recognised for its hard work this year by receiving a number of awards. Rankings were based on a number of attributes, including initiatives, achievements, longevity in the industry, points of difference, third party references and client service approach.
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25 October 2022
The High Court of Australia recently handed down its decision in Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2022] HCA 29 regarding computer-implemented inventions in Australia.
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6 July 2022
In the District Court of New York, an unusual dispute has recently unfolded involving Intellectual Property, Art, Crypto-currency and Fashion. We discuss the latest challenging of Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) called "MetaBirkin" - a series of digital images featuring furry renditions of Hermes' coveted and exclusive Birkin handbag.
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5 July 2022
On 30 June 2022, New Zealand and the European Union concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement (NZ-EU FTA, the Agreement). The Agreement requires changes to New Zealand's law regarding copyright and geographical indications.
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5 July 2022
The High Court has delivered a rare verdict in the IP field: the granting of a permanent injunction on the grounds of breach of contract which involved the unauthorised use of a confusingly similar trade mark.
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4 July 2022
The concept of a ‘strong’ patent is difficult to define. As with many things in patent law the answer is “it depends”. Mostly it depends on what the patentee wants the patent to achieve. A patent which does not support the business goals of the patentee is not strong.
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6 April 2022
The Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the United Kingdom (NZ-UK FTA, the Agreement) has been finalised and was signed on the 28th of February 2022. This article focuses on provisions relating to intellectual property rights.
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6 April 2022
As of 24 March 2022, it is now possible to register a domain name directly at the .au domain eg. www.yourname.au. This is being called “.au direct” by auDA, Australia’s domain name registry.
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22 March 2022
We are receiving an increasing number of emails purporting to be from clients or associates, which when investigated further are illegitimate and likely malicious.
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2 February 2022
The New Zealand Assistant Commissioner of Patents has given short shrift to the bid of Dr Stephen Thaler to have an artificial intelligence (AI) listed as the inventor for patent application number 776029 in Stephen L. Thaler [2022] NZIPOPAT 2.
