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Cue > Library articles in June 2007
Hints to Secure a Great Trade Mark Monopoly
We list 42 basic tips to help you avoid 90% of common problems and pitfalls in
trade mark registration, use and management.
Personal insights from Jobs and Gates
Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Jobs recently conducted a joint interview and checked
their coordinates for the past, present and future.
Digital music
technology and copyright timeline
This article sets out a timeline of developments both for digital music technology
and copyright issues. It has been updated to include the release tomorrow of
the iPhone.
Cue > Lightbulb law blog posts in June 2007
Special Collection: Business Valuation, Sale or Purchase
Good deal making
involves setting the right expectations and direction at the earliest stage in
project planning and negotiations. This post lists articles and other posts
providing practical guidance for sellers and buyers.
Venture capital, start-ups, Web 2.0 and Wall Street
Dear entrepreneur: Now that
I have your attention, I want to recommend an hour's worth of reading to you to
improve your awareness of what's important in building and running a business.
E-commerce Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Like all markets, the internet has attracted a range of characters including
businesses, auction houses like eBay, rougues, pirates and thieves. This post
reviews various court cases involving these characters, ending with the
extradition to America of an Australian for breach of copyright law.
Spam fines in Australia and legal compliance FAQ
This month the Australian Communications and Media Authority added to its list
of major businesses fined for spam. This post answers common questions for
compliance with Australian spam law.
Cue Business Law and IP Articles
Recently, justweb, a Web development client, found Cue interesting enough to
republish it monthly on its Website. That development prompted this guide for
the Dilanchian Website Library.
Starbucks settles coffee trade mark law dispute
In 2005 the nation of Ethiopia filed trade mark applications, triggering a
dispute with Starbucks. The dispute is now resolved and Ethiopia's IP licensing
strategy is in full swing.
Trade Marks in the World of Tomorrow
Registered trade marks for colours and sounds are increasingly common as the
world races towards more and more use of multimedia and digital technology. This
post reviews recent colour and sound trade mark law cases in Australia involving
Cadbury, BP, and Nokia.
Data visualisation and legal knowledge management
Hitwise, an Australian Web traffic monitoring enterprise backed by Australian
and United States venture capital, was recently sold for A$286 million. This
post looks at some of the reasons why Hitwise had become so valuable to its
buyers and customers.
Business Models for Bands and Musicians 2.0
This post follows the personal tale of Jonathan Coulton, a computer programmer
who quit his job to became a full-time singer and songwriter through the magic
of blogging, online music distribution and networking.
Designer Chinese and IP in China are not contradictions
Is this a contradiction? The People's Republic of China is a Communist state.
China is also a centre of cutting edge design. Try this one, is it too a
contradiction? China is infamous as a place for intellectual property piracy of
international brands and copyright. China is also increasingly engaged in
genuine intellectual property law reform at an international level.
Fair dealing for satire, but Tintin's not laughing
In Australian copyright law,
a new fair dealing exception for the purposes of parody or satire was recently
introduced into copyright law. This post looks at the changes to the law and a
case study involving an imaginative cartoonist and a miffed copyright holder.
DVRs and video on demand in Australia
At a time when hot words or concepts include IPTV, Internet Television, Web TV,
digital broadcasting and video-on-demand, this post sets out statistics and
observations on the growing Australian digital video recorder (DVR) market.
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