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Next time you get frustrated at your partner or flatmate for incessant channel surfing, pause. Appreciate that the on-going decision between NCIS or Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is so hard because competitive broadcasters have done a good job scheduling programs to entice viewers.

China presents some unique difficulties for foreign trade mark owners.

Key recent developments in the area of Technology, Media and Telecommunications are summarised below.

'Can't Be Evil' licenses explicitly outline the buyer's rights regarding the artwork for their NFTs.

The racing industry has viewed copyright as the means to source an appropriate financial return from bookmakers and other parties who use racing product without the industry’s consent.

This publication discusses various new developments in Intellectual Property in Asia and Australia.

Outlines legal status of torrenting, including relevant liabilities under civil law & various criminal offences that may apply.

Provides a basic understanding of moral rights to help government agencies do not inadvertently infringe a person’s moral rights.

The IT Pricing report recommends removing parallel importation restrictions and broadening parallel importation defences.

This recent Federal Court decision shows how consumer and copyright laws can interact with a developing digital economy.

The decision is a timely example of how acting expeditiously to protect your intellectual property is imperative.

CHARACTER LICENSING AND MERCHANDISING in Australia will continue in 2007 to rely on elements that have worked in recent history. Players will continue to license toys, clothing and other products that have a history of working abroad or locally. But there are a number of key challenges on the horizon for licensors and merchandisers.

Justice Jacobson of the Federal Court has ruled that the 1981 hit song, Down Under by Men at Work, infringed copyright in the well known Australian folk song, Kookaburra, written in 1934.

Late last year the Copyright Act was bolstered by a host of new laws which extend copyright owners' powers against copyright infringers. The changes reflect a growing divide between Governments and large corporations who own the rights to films and music on the one hand, and those who support freedom of access on the other.

Three recent cases consider the application of established law in the context of competition, IP and internet usage.

The final report by the ALRC on a review of the Copyright Act recommends changes that could revolutionise copyright law.

Proving a case of trade mark infringement is difficult where evidence of the infringement is entirely circumstantial.