Stratocumulus Legal is a Perth-based legal consultancy focusing on Australian intellectual property law and related legal areas.
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An issue that affects all businesses. Do you actually own the IP created by your employees and contractors?
Applying the lessons from the Dallas Buyers Club case, last week a software copyright owner obtained an order from the Federal Court requiring an Internet service provider to disclose documents relating to the identities of 20 of its customers who are suspected of using unauthorised copies of some expensive and sophisticated CAD software.
Moving toward a non-IP approach for management of online news, content & data? Update on concepts underpinning forthcoming ACCC mandatory code of conduct for digital platforms; Google takes first step to remunerate some publishers in new program
Legal definitions often don’t easily apply to new technology. Here, is a remotely operated submersible a “ship”?
Artificial intelligence will increasingly pose some significant challenges for intellectual property. This is up for discussion at a public WIPO session in early July.
Hamburger store imitation: beyond being mere flattery – imitation of overseas brand leads to legal liability.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reportedly been something of a boon for the ongoing take-up of 3D printing, whether to make much-needed personal protective equipment, or because stretched supply chains have limited the availability of things like spare parts. The technology is already here, and now the necessity has come, so if you need to print out a widget, can you just do it?
Federal Court case: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents [2020] FCA 778 (5 June 2020) In another illustration…
David is an experienced intellectual property lawyer, but also with significant general legal experience accumulated over 20 years’ experience at international law firms. Based in Perth, Western Australia, he founded Stratocumulus Legal in May 2020.
