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Subjectmatterotherthan
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Subject matter other than literary and artistic works (CA Part IV) Part IV of the CA introduces new subject matter for copyright prot...
Spaceshiftingofrecordedmusic
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 'Space shifting' of recorded music A person who owns a copy of a sound recording, such as a CD, is now allowed to make a copy of that...
Scanninguploadingdownloadingimages
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Scanning, uploading and downloading images Scanning an image to produce a digitised version involves making a reproduction of the ima...
Scandalouscontrarytolaw
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Scandalous or contrary to law Under section 42 of the TMA: An application for the registration of a trade mark must be rejected if: ...
Rightsmanagementinformation
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Rights management information Amendments to the CA in 2000 introduced sanctions against tampering with electronic rights management i...
Rightsbyregistration
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Rights given by registration Under section 20 of the TMA: : If a trade mark is registered, the registered owner of the trade mark ha...
Restrictionsonexercisingrightsdefencesfairdealing
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Restrictions on the Exercise of Rights: Defences and Fair Dealing There are a number of provisions allowing the free or paid use of c...
Requirementsregistration
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Requirements for registration A mark must be 'distinctive' within the terms of section 41 of the TMA, that is, it must be capable of ...
Reqforregist
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Requirements for registrability A design has to meet a number of key requirements before it can be registered and legally protected i...
Protectionmechanisms
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Protection mechanisms A person putting material on their site that they wish to protect that is, prevent others from copying shou...
Protectionforcomputersoftware
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Protection for computer software Computer programs ordinarily receive copyright protection as 'literary works'. A basic problem for p...
Proscribedmarks
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Proscribed marks Regulations made under section 18 of the TMA may specify that certain signs are not to be used as trade marks. TMA S...
Preservationmoralrights
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Preservation of moral rights However, it should be noted that, irrespective of the nature of the licensing or assignment agreement, t...
Performersperformances
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Performers/performances Prior to amendments to the CA in 2004, performers gained virtually no protection for their live performances,...
Parallelimportation
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Parallel importation Importing copyright material for commercial purposes or dealing with such material without the approval of the c...
Otherqualificationsforcopyrightprotect
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Other qualification for copyright protection The CA requires two criteria or 'points of attachment' that must be satisfied for a work...
Ordersdeliverup
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Orders to deliver up Courts with equitable jurisdiction have an inherent power to order a defendant to deliver up articles made in co...
Moralrights
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Moral rights Moral rights are rights which an author or artist retains even after the right to exploit the copyright in the work has ...
Difficultunregisterabletm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Marks which cannot be registered or are difficult to register The TMA provides a number of grounds on which registration of a mark ma...
Marksunablegraphicallyrepresented
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Marks unable to be graphically represented Examples of these types of marks would include marks which are reliant upon sounds or smel...
Likelydeceiveorconfusiontm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Marks likely to deceive or cause confusion Section 43 of the TMA requires that an application for the registration of a trade mark in...
Marevainjunction
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Mareva injunction This is another ex parte order which restrains the defendant from disposing of or removing from the jurisdiction as...
Literarydramaticmusicalartisticworks
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (CA Part III protected) The CA Part III works include the following: * literary wor...
Linkinganotherwebsite
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Linking to another website Before linking to or framing a third party website, a person should review it for any prohibition on linki...
Licensingofcopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Licensing of copyright In contrast to assignment, a licence arrangement may involve nothing more than a bare permission to do an act ...
Journalistscopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Journalist's copyright Section 35(4) of the CA provides for a division of ownership of copyright between the journalist authors of wo...
Jointownership
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Joint ownership Copyright in a work can be held jointly where the individual contributions of each creator cannot be distinguished. A...
Inventwhichnotpatentable
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Inventions which are not patentable The 'human being' exception Human beings, and the biological processes for their generation, are...
IntroPatents
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Introduction Patents, like other intellectual property rights, are a product of the 'balance' between competing interests. From the t...
Injunctioncopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Injunction This equitable remedy usually requires the defendant to refrain from a particular course of conduct; rarely, it may requir...
Infringementsoffences
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Infringements and offences The DA provides that a primary infringement occurs if a person, without authority, makes or offers to make...
Infringementsubstantialpartrequirement
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Infringement: the 'substantial part' requirement Under section 14(1) of the CA, the infringing act must be done in relation to a 'sub...
Infringementspatents
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Infringement The PA does not provide any definition of direct infringement, although three forms are suggested: * exploiting the i...
Indirectinfringementcopyrightknowing
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Indirect infringement of copyright 'knowing or having reason to know' Indirect infringement means dealing with unauthorised reprodu...
Incapableofdistinguishment
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Incapable of distinguishment Incapacity to distinguish constitutes grounds for both rejection of, and opposition to, an application t...
Howlongcopyrightlast
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 How Long Does Copyright Protection Last? Prior to the 2004 US Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the general term of copyright pro...
Groundlessthreats
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Groundless threats A defendant may restrain the making of 'groundless threats' of court action and may also recover any damages they ...
General
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 General The purpose of trade mark law is slightly different to that of the other intellectual property protection regimes, such as co...
Formatshiftingcopyingfromoneformattoanotherforprivateuse
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Format shifting: copying from one 'format' to another for private use People who own certain types of material are allowed to make a ...
Exploitationpatents
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Exploitation of patents Exclusive rights conferred by section 13(1) of the PA gives a patent holder 'the exclusive rights, during the...
Employeeauthors
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Employee authors The normal rule expressed in section 35(6) of the CA is that the copyright in works created by employee authors in t...
Economicorcommercialrights
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Economic or commercial rights These are the main type of rights, and the ones which are more commonly infringed upon. In respect of e...
Durationofprotection
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Duration of protection Under section 72(3) of the TMA: : Unless it is earlier cancelled, or the trade mark is earlier removed from...
Dualprotectoverlap
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Dual protection: the copyright/designs overlap The question of dual protection arises particularly in relation to 'artistic works' un...
Diffareapatent
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Difficult areas for patentability Schemes, methods and systems A mere improved method of doing something will not, by itself, be a '...
Designsexcludedregistration
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Designs excluded from registration Under the old Act, certain designs of a primarily literary or artistic character were excluded fro...
Descriptivemarks
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Descriptive marks One significant ground for seeking removal of protection from a registered mark (that is, removing it from the regi...
Damages
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Damages The common law remedy of damages is also provided for in section 115(2) of the CA, with provision for aggravated damages in s...
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