09 May 2005
Welcome to the May edition of Clayton Utz Intellectual Property & IT Insights. In this edition we learn the five things executives, corporate counsel and inventors need to know about patents - the first of a series on IP law.
We'll also look at the dangers of not getting your relationship with your software developer sorted out, changes to ownership of sound recordings and performance rights, and whether a trade mark is "used" in Australia when it is presented on a foreign website, with significant implications for web commerce.
By Francine Johnson.
Ambitious changes strongly benefit performers, recognising the value of the contribution their performance makes to a sound recording, but will they work in practice, asks Francine Johnson.
By Peter Knight.
The Federal Court has explained whether a trade mark is "used" in Australia when it is presented on a foreign website, with significant implications for web commerce. Peter Knight considers what this means for trade mark owners.
By Nicholas Tyacke.
By Averil Waters.
Australian trade mark owners have another avenue for obtaining protection for their brands and trade marks overseas, says Averil Waters.
By Peter Knight.
