IP Research – Andrew Christie

IP Research

Clients who have commissioned me to conduct research on IP issues include:

Australian Department of Education, Science and Training – patent ownership in publicly funded research institutions
Australian Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources – pharmaceutical patent extension and spring-boarding
Mars Inc. – protection against look-alike products
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – digital piracy
Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Research – IP management models
World Intellectual Property Organization – case studies on IP exploitation

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Latest News
- Australian court finds Optus cloud-based TV recording service non-infringing
  
  The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that Optus does not infringe copyright in the TV programs recorded by users of its ’TV Now’ cloud-based recording service. In Singtel Optus v National Rugby League Investments, Rares J found that a recording of a TV show using a cloud-based service is made by the individual user of the service, [...]
  
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- US Anti-piracy Bills postponed, copyright infringers charged and jailed
  
  The US Department of Justice has trumpeted the bringing of charges against the principals of one online copyright infringement site, and the jailing of the founder of another, at the same time as voting on the controversial US Anti-piracy legislation was postponed. Megaupload.com and seven individuals associated with it have been charged with criminal copyright offences [...]
  
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- Australian ISPs propose “Notice and Discovery” scheme for infringing customers
  
  Five major Australian Internet Service Providers have released details of a proposed scheme for assisting copyright owners to enforce their rights against customers downloading infringing material. Under the so-called “Notice and Discovery” scheme, the ISPs will send, first, an “education notice” and then, subsequently, “warning notices” to customers whose IP addresses have been associated with [...]
  
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