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Posted on 24/12/2009
A Florida based company has been issuing invoices to patent and trade mark applicants for services that have no value. See WIPO press release. Read More
Posted on 22/12/2009 by
Using the tax system to drive innovation is one of the key features of a pre-Budget report just released by the United Kingdom government. Read More
Posted on 17/12/2009 by
New legislation is to be introduced into the New Zealand parliament in early 2010 to implement a new three notice regime to combat copyright infringement from peer to peer (P2P) file sharing over the internet. Read More
Posted on 07/12/2009
For nine years Baldwins has awarded a $500 prize to the top achiever in the Law and Information Technology paper at the University of Auckland. Read More
Posted on 07/12/2009 by
New Zealand is a country with a small GDP, as of 2009, only US$100 billion, one-eighteenth the size of California’s, and a small population of only 4. 3 million, just one- ninth the size of California’s. Read More
Posted on 04/12/2009
In our commitment to the development of the intellectual property system and patent attorney profession, Baldwins' practitioners are actively involved in professional bodies both in New Zealand and overseas. Read More
Posted on 01/12/2009 by
In our recent article, “Spamalittleless”, we reported on the $100,000 fine imposed in the New Zealand courts on Shane Atkinson for his part in a massive international spamming campaign involving various pharmaceutical products. Read More
Posted on 27/11/2009 by
Nutraceutical producers and other natural products based companies in the health area, have only begun taking advantage of the international patent system relatively recently. Read More
Posted on 27/11/2009 by
Sectors of the software industry have voiced their concerns over the patent-eligibility of software as part of the review process of the Patents Bill, claiming that patents for software stifle rather than promote innovation. Read More
Posted on 26/11/2009 by
The Indian Government has recently reviewed the monetary limits imposed on royalties for technology transferred or licensed. Read More