2006
e-News on Copyright
Issue 44 - December 2006
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006; ACCC copyright guidelines released for comment; APEC Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group (IPEG) Meeting; APEC International Intellectual Property Symposium 'Trading Ideas - the Future of IP in Asia Pacific’; Screenrights Annual Report.
Issue 43 - October 2006 - Special edition
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006.
Issue 42 - October 2006
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 – amendments to the jurisdiction of the Copyright Tribunal – exposure draft and explanatory material; WIPO: Proposed Broadcasters’ rights treaty.
Issue 41 - September 2006
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Symposium – January 2007; Australian Institute of Criminology Research Project on Intellectual Property Crime; Free Trade Agreement Negotiations; Visit to Australia by the National Copyright Administration of China.
Issue 40 - September 2006
This e-news provides an update on the progress of implementation of the technological protection measures (TPM) obligation in Article 17.4.7 of the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA). Australia has until 1 January 2007 to implement this obligation.
Issue 39 - May 2006
Major Reforms to Australia’s Copyright Regime; a. Fair Use Review; b. Changes to legislative cap on broadcast licence fees; c. Copyright Tribunal: Jurisdiction and Procedures; d. Government’s response to Digital Agenda Review; e. New copyright enforcement measures; Government’s decision not to introduce a resale royalty scheme; Free Trade Agreement negotiations; Whole of Government approach to intellectual property management; World Intellectual property Organisation Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore; World Intellectual Property Organisation Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.