Decision which I gave as an appointed Expert for a complaint to the NZ Domain Name Commissioner’s Dispute Resolution Service (decision DRS 1357).

Counsel for a group of software developers and shareholders on a complex case involving a mixture of intellectual property, company, commercial and insolvency issues. Successful opposition to appointment of interim liquidators and then appointment of my clients’ preferred liquidator on a contested application.

Counsel for the defendants in a high-profile case brought in the Christchurch High Court by Sanitarium against a specialty British goods retailer who imported and sold British Weetabix. The case involved novel trade mark issues including the operation of the Customs notice rules, and expert evidence on marketing issues. The case was reported at (2018) 15 TCLR 173.

Decision which I gave as an appointed Expert for a complaint to the NZ Domain Name Commissioner’s Dispute Resolution Service (decision DRS 1272).

Decision which I gave as an appointed Expert for a complaint to the NZ Domain Name Commissioner’s Dispute Resolution Service (decision DRS 1311).

Decision which I gave as an appointed Expert for a complaint to the NZ Domain Name Commissioner’s Dispute Resolution Service (decision DRS 1319).

Counsel for the defendant (briefed for the trial) on the first design rights case to go to trial in the High Court in over 30 years. The case related to spa pool designs.  The case was reported at (2018) 131 IPR 353.

Counsel for the appellant (briefed for the appeal), I successfully argued that the High Court should overturn the District Court’s decision to strike out the plaintiff’s claim for copyright infringement. The claim related to the publication on the Whale Oil blog of a poem written by Colin Craig, and also involved issues of breach of privacy and breach of confidence.

Decision which I gave as an appointed Expert for a complaint to the NZ Domain Name Commissioner’s Dispute Resolution Service (decision DRS 1236).

Counsel for the appellant/opponent on a successful appeal to the High Court, overturning IPONZ’s decision to allow registration of the mark SHACMAN