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__Location:__ University of Waikato, [LitB]%%%
__Time:__ 7pm
-Denise Tyrer-Harding of [Pipers|http://www.pipers.co.nz/] is scheduled to speak
to the WLUG about IntellectualProperty within New Zealand. Denise
is a highly regarded IntellectualProperty lawyer and we look forward
to what she
has to say
.
+Denise Tyrer-Harding of [Pipers|http://www.pipers.co.nz/] spoke
to the WLUG about IntellectualProperty within NewZealand.
+
+Denise outlined the 4 major forms of Intellectual Property protection:
+* Copyright
+* Design Registration
+* Patents
+* Trademarks
+
+!!Copyright in
New Zealand
+* Free and automatic to the creator
.
+* Need evidence that you're the creator - "© year" on the work, and a "development record"
is useful
+* Does not protect against someone else independently coming up with the same thing.
+* Copyright given to an entity - an individual person,
a company, or an incorporated society.
+* industrial copyright - 16 years from the date of the 50th model created from the design.
+* written copyright - 100 years from the date of the creator's death
+
+!!Design Registration
+For hardware; lasts 15 years. Requires application
to the Patent Office. This covers how a device looks, not its functionality.
+
+!!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.
+
+!!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).
+* Common law trademark is based on local reputation, and does not require registration.
+* Registered trademark is national.
+
+(to be completed)
