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    Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act about to commence

    The Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 (Cth) will enable artists who derive their income from the initial sales of their creative works to share in the commercialisation of their work on the secondary art market.

    11 Mar 2010


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    Registrar of Trade Marks turns up HEAT on magazines

    IP Australia has just released the decision of the delegate of the Registrar of Trade Marks in relation to the opposition by Giramondo against registration of the trade mark HEAT by Bauer.

    11 Mar 2010


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    Enforcing patents likely to get easier in Australia

    The Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) has released a final report, entitled "Post Grant Patent Enforcement Strategies", intended to address perceived difficulties with enforcing patent rights in Australia.

    26 Feb 2010


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    Copyright position with books to remain unchanged

    The Australian Government announced that it would not change the regulatory regime with respect to books, contrary to the recommendation of the Productivity Commission that it remove parallel importation restrictions on books in the Copyright Act.

    25 Feb 2010


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    Men at Work go down (under) in Kookaburra copyright claim

    The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that Men at Work's famous song "Down Under" infringes the copyright in the 1934 children's round "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" (Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd).

    24 Feb 2010

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