ip on the net

Sheer brilliance in online strategy, branding, pr, and so on

Duncan Bucknell
August 26, 2008 10:00

Our great friends at StressLimitDesign have finally found time to put up their own website - we think they're brilliant at what they do.

Copyright remedies confirmed for open source agreements

Duncan Bucknell
August 15, 2008 07:43

Here's a great guest post from our online specialist - Ben Lehman. Recently the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down an important decision regarding the enforceability of open software licences (in ROBERT JACOBSEN v. MATTHEW KATZER and KAMIND ASSOCIATES, INC.) At...

Yet another reason why Australian patent law needs reform

Duncan Bucknell
August 11, 2008 15:14

Q: Can you think of a jurisdiction that would require you to have your own patent covering your intended activities in order to have a court grant you a non-infringement declaration in relation to someone else's patent?A: Australia, of course - have a look at the recent decision in Occupational and...

Copyright strategy - protecting functionality?

Duncan Bucknell
July 14, 2008 10:00

Looking for a way to get closer to 'functional' protection for copyrightable subject matter? What about getting such protection for software code - copyright lasts for a lot longer than patents do, and in some cases you may be able to make it last forever.So - how about when you have your final...

Vote 1 IPKat - Computer Weekly nomination

Duncan Bucknell
July 09, 2008 14:31

As a veterinarian, I'm always keen to give the IPKat a hand - and so here's a chance for everyone to say thank you to them for all of their great work. They were recently nominated in the 2008 ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards. They are now competing against selected other blogs in a public vote...