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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Patents: Worldmapper
In his acceptance speech, Francis Gurry, the new Director-General of the WIPO, addressed “the question of how intellectual property can contribute to the reduction of the knowledge gap and to greater participation on the part of the developing and least … Continue reading
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Licensing: The Dangers of Precedents – Oxonica Energy Ltd v Neuftec Ltd
I learned to draft as a pupil at 9 Old Square, the chambers of Robert Megarry, Lenny Hoffmann, Jeremiah Harman and Nick Patten. Unlike the common law chambers where I spent the first 6 months of my pupillage and indeed … Continue reading
Posted in dangers of precedents, licensing, Oxonica v Neuftec, Patents
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WIPO: Francis Gurry’s Appointment as Director-General
I am no sycophant but I am genuinely delighted that Francis Gurry has got the top job at the WIPO. I first heard of Gurry 20 years ago when I read his book on Breach of Confidence which is to … Continue reading
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Intellectual Property: Stephan Kinsella – an Interesting Critique
If you have 15 minutes to spare (which I don’t really have but have just spent them anyway) you may like to listen to a podcast interview by US libertarian writer Lew Rockwell of a US libertarian IP lawyer called … Continue reading
Patents: Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc and Others
In his speech in Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc and others [2008] UKHL 49 (9 July 2008) Lord Neuberger opined that the House of Lords decision represented “a significant development in United Kingdom patent law” but I am not … Continue reading
Copyright: What is meant by "the Author"
The author of a work is the person who creates it (s. 9 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“the CDPA”)). In the case of a sound recording the author means the producer, in the case of a film … Continue reading
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Copyright: Assignment
An assignment of copyright is an outright transfer of some or all of the rights of a copyright owner. S. 90 (2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 provides that an assignment may be limited to one or more, but … Continue reading
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Copyright: Case Note – Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd.
This note that I first wrote in 1999 on the decision of Park J in Christoffer v Poseidon Film Distributors Ltd [1999] EWHC 262 (Ch), [2000] ECDR 487 discusses another interesting old case that I have read again while updating the IP/IT Update website. … Continue reading
Copyright: What is meant by "Secondary Infringement"
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”) proscribes 8 separate acts of secondary infringement: importing infringing copies possessing or dealing with such copies providing means for making such copies transmitting a copyright work over a telecommunications system permitting premises to be … Continue reading
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