Stratocumulus Legal has been invited by Tank Stream Labs for an online fireside chat to discuss my Founder Story – launching my startup legal practice, during the pandemic, while being a Super Dad.
Time & Date: 10am WST on 11 October 2021
I am presenting to the Perth Machine Learning Group on 2 September 2021 on the topic: “Robot as Inventor, Robot as Infringer”, looking at the recent Australian Federal Court world first decision that an AI system can be an inventor for the purposes of the Patents Act, and also look at infringement issues when teaching your machine learning robot.
I had fun presenting to the Perth Machine Learning Group on Tuesday evening (23 February 2021) on the emerging legal issue and thought-provoking topic of “Does anybody own intellectual property rights in a robot’s creations?”
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Stratocumulus Legal. Here’s our first end-of-year newsletter.
Patent owners can no longer use their patent to control the use of a patented product after sale, with the adoption of the “exhaustion of rights” doctrine in Australia. This will have significant impact on planned obsolescence of goods and toward permitting the repair, improvement and reconditioning of products and better facilitating the “right to repair”.
Creators and copyright owners alike need to be aware of proposed changes to the Copyright Act that will see “orphan works” opened up for broader use, with a liability limitation scheme where copyright owners cannot be identified or located.
The ACCC clearly intends to be front and centre in relation to the protection of data. It has this week commenced a Federal Court proceeding alleging that Google engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by asking consumers to click an “I agree” button without consumers being explicitly informed about certain data collection changes to which they were purportedly agreeing.
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.
