In recent times, copyright law globally has undergone radical changes to take account of the advancement of technology. This paper will argue that in Australia some of the legislative changes regarding technological protection measures (`TPM`) have a number of unintended consequences. It will be...

The entertainment industry today faces the most serious and gravest of challenges posed by piracy. While unauthorized copying and distribution of cinematograph films and music is not a recent development, the magnitude of the problem has, in the recent years, acquired proportions that threaten...

Product designs can be protected under all three of the patent, trademark, and copyright laws. This is because product designs comprise original ornamentation, can serve as indicators of source in the marketplace, and constitute works of art in their own right. This paper juxtaposes the three...

The United States has gone from a net – and frequently illegal – importer of intellectual property (IP) to the World’s biggest IP supplier in a historically short time. During the past quarter century, IP holders have teamed with government entities to support international initiatives and...

Protection of innovative technologies by patents or by copyrights is marked by a tension between, on the one hand, the private interest in obtaining a broad exclusivity over market opportunities, and, on the other, the public interest in strictly limiting the "monopoly" right to what is...