34 film companies have filed an appeal against the judgment of the Federal Court in the case against the Australian internet service provider, iiNet. Our comments on that case are here. The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), on behalf of the film companies, said there were good grounds of appeal from a judgment that [...]
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“On a practical level the lesson of this case may be there is a need for express arrangements” – Gummow J special leave hearing. The impact of the recent decision of the High Court of Australia to refuse the University of Western Australia’s application for special leave to appeal from the Full Federal Court’s decision [...]
Click here to see the full post The High Court today refused the application by the University of Western Australia for special leave to appeal the decision of the Full Federal Court in University of Western Australia v Gray [2009] FCAFC 116. There is no further avenue of appeal. The University issued this statement today.
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eBay has lodged a Federal Court appeal against a decision to allow registration of the trade mark UBAY in Australia. UBAY Pty Ltd applied for registration of the trade mark UBAY and two UBAY logo trade marks in 2007. The company sought a monopoly in the trade marks in connection with a range of services [...]
Click here to see the full post The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has recently issued three new Practice guidelines relating to: Correct classification of “leasing access time to computer databases” In line with best international practice, IPONZ had advised that they consider the service description “leasing access time to computer databases” most appropriately classified in class 38. Major Events [...]
Click here to see the full post Larrikin Music’s claim of copyright infringement against EMI Songs, EMI Music and two former members of the band Men at Work has been successful in Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited [2010] FCA 29. On 4 February 2010 the Federal Court ruled that copyright in the 1934 round “Kookaburra sits [...]
Click here to see the full post Major film and television studios represented by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) have today lost their battle against the third largest internet service provider (ISP) in Australia, iiNet Limited. This case (Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Limited (No. 3) [2010] FCA 24) considered whether the ISP authorised the infringement of copyright of [...]
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