Allens Arthur Robinson In brief: A landmark decision recently handed down by the UK Supreme Court has found that there was no justification to continue to give expert witnesses immunity from being sued for negligence in relation to the evidence they give in court or the views that they express in anticipation of court proceedings. [...]
Allens Arthur Robinson In brief: The Full Court of the Federal Court has rejected the appeal from an earlier decision that found Men At Work’s hit song Down Under infringed the copyright in the popular folk tune Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. EMI’s liability for the authorisation of infringement is yet to be [...]
Allens Arthur Robinson In this issue: Our intellectual property lawyers and patent and trade marks attorneys provide an update on the latest cases and legislative developments regarding copyright, trade marks, patents and anti-counterfeiting. Copyright There is no copyright in this headline YouTube finds safe harbo(u)r in US copyright law ISPs in the spotlight again: iiNet [...]
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Norton Rose In November 2009, we reported on the Government’s progress with respect to its reform of the freedom of information regime. As part of its 2007 election policy, the Government announced that it would reform the FOI landscape with the main objective to promote a pro-disclosure culture across the Government and building a stronger [...]
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