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Tag Archives: Intellectual Property
Be afraid: Criminal counterfeiting is on the rise, The Drum
In between the death of one of the world’s best known unregistered trademarks being assassinated by the US and the copyright commons text of the forthcoming Federal budget released next week I know you’re all celebrating World Intellectual Property Day … Continue reading
Trademark rights to extinguish plain packaging bill?, The Drum
The content of the government’s release on the draft plain packaging Bill offers few surprises. The government thinks stripping tobacco products of any branding will cut smoking rates as part of a basket of anti-tobacco measures, they’ve picked the colour … Continue reading
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Booksellers spell it out, The Weekend Australian
T he demise of Angus & Robertson and Borders book chains should be a wake-up call for the Gillard government to scrap trade import barriers forcing book retailers to be uncompetitive. Even before factoring in postage costs and the appreciation … Continue reading
Plain packaging ploy likely to go up in smoke, The Australian
Turning public debate from the failed emissions trading scheme to universally despised tobacco emissions is a media masterstroke from Kevin Rudd, but the cost could leave a singe in taxpayers’ pockets. During the government’s announcement of plain packaging for cigarettes, … Continue reading
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Activist Left’s global agenda, The Australian
The great divergence between classical liberals and their philosophical opponents has always been the primacy placed on freedom in people’s lives and enterprise over the coercive hand of government. Classical liberals argue government’s role should be limited to creating the … Continue reading
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