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!!Patents
Until recently, software could not be patented in NZ at all.
The key clause is "method of manufacture", and this has been re-interpreted to (sometimes?) include software when combined with hardware.
-In NZ, patents last for 20 years.
+NZ is a signatory to the Patent Cooperation Treaty - 18 months of protection in ~~100 countries.
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+
In NZ, patents last for 20 years. The benefit of the doubt (during application) goes to the patentee, because there are methods for revocation -- IPONZ review and judicial review.
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!!Trademark
* For product identification
* not "lauditary" - ie, generally can't trademark names, placenames, sports clubs, etc.
-* Trademarks not limited to words - the Harley-Davidson "sound", specific colours (eg the yellow used by the yellow pages or by MacDonalds
).
+* Trademarks not limited to words - the Harley-Davidson "sound", specific colours (eg the yellow used by the yellow pages or by ~McDonalds
).
* Common law trademark is based on local reputation, and does not require registration.
* Registered trademark is national.
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to be completed)
+!!Other
+* Trade secrets, "know-how"
+* circuit boards
+* Patent application process
+* 85% of many companies is now "intangibles" -- brand value, trademarks, etc.
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+!!General Discussion/Q-and-A session
+* moral/ethical aspects of patents
+* drug patents
+* cheaper
to license a patent and get on with life than fight a bad patent
+* employment contracts claiming rights to any employee's ideas.
+* funny patents