Wednesday - 02 July, 2008Lizard's leg, howlet's wing ...As the blogosphere is rattling with alarms about what might be in the witches' brew, the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty proposals are seeping out ... Thursday - 06 December, 2007E-discoveryThe Federal Judicial Center, in the USA, has published a guide for judges on issues raised by electronic discovery ... Friday - 16 November, 2007Enforcement treatyA number of countries, including the EU, the USA, Canada, Japan and Switzerland, are promoting a new treaty to strengthen the enforcement of IP Rights - the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. DFAT has issued a discussion paper and called for submissions by 3 December... Monday - 05 November, 2007The new future of case management?The trial of Black & Decker's allegations of patent and design infringement allegations against GMCA was scheduled for 10 April 2007, but was aborted when GMCA needed to file further evidence. The trial was refixed for 19 November 2007. Finkelstein J had ordered: 4. The Respondent shall file and serve any further evidence on invalidity upon which it wishes to rely at trial by 4 May 2007, but not otherwise. 5. The Applicants shall file and serve any evidence in answer on invalidity by 27 July 2007, but not otherwise. 6. The Respondent shall file and serve any evidence in answer on invalidity by 31 August 2007, but not otherwise. In October, GMCA served two new affidavits ... Wednesday - 13 June, 2007Enforcement budget increaseThe Commonwealth government has announced that it will increase the funding of the Australian Federal Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions by more than AU$24.8million over the next 2 years so that they can more effectively target trade mark and copyright crime. Thursday - 05 April, 2007Increasing the jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates CourtThe Commonwealth Government has announced
that it will legislate to confer specific jurisdiction in relation to
(registered) trade mark and (registered) design matters on the Federal
Magistrates Court.
Tuesday - 25 July, 2006How to spot a fake RolexWhile we are on the subject (and if you
have a spare 15 minutes and a broadband connection) Marty Schwimmer has a
fascinating video on how to spot a fake Rolex ...
Tuesday - 25 July, 2006IP Crime and EnforcementIP Australia informs us that the
Australian Institute of Criminology is currently conducting a study into
intellectual property crime and enforcement in Australia. As part of that, it
is collecting data on the extent to which IP crime exists and its
impact.
Thursday - 29 June, 2006IP Protection in China seminarsDuring July, Austrade is holding a number
of seminars in capital cities around Australia on Protecting Intellectual
Property in China 2006 ...
Thursday - 15 June, 2006IPR in ChinaIP Dragon carries a link to a paper by
Richard Kuslan, of Asia Business Intelligence, entitled Brief Introduction to
IPR in China ...
Tuesday - 30 May, 2006Piratical evolutionThe IPDragon carries a feel good story
about how one small firm in the US combatted piracy by inventing a better
product - piracy a spur to innovation is not a story you hear too often - but
the
Age
carries a far more typical and alarming story involving NEC ...
Wednesday - 24 May, 2006Learn and absorbIP Dragon carries some stories on the
China and IP piracy "problem" ...
Monday - 24 April, 2006Wednesday - 12 October, 2005Litigating IPKim Weatherall is presenting a free
seminar for IPRIA and IPTA on IP Enforcement in Australia: What's actually
happening in the courts? Serendipitously, Patently-O reports on US research
into How Patent Cases are resolved.
Tuesday - 19 July, 2005IP in ChinaIP Australia is holding 2 seessions (1 in
Sydney, 1 in Melbourne) on enforcing your IP in China.
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