George Jackson

Associate

George Jackson

T. +64 7 928 4470
E. george.jackson@jamesandwells.com

Areas of Expertise

Fair Trade, Trade Marks, Copyright, Licensing & Commercialisation, Enforcement & Dispute Resolution, Anti-counterfeiting, Trade Secrets & Non-Disclosure, Domain Names

Qualifications & Memberships

Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand

About George

George is an Associate with the litigation team based out of Tauranga. George’s practice includes dispute and enforcement of a range of intellectual property rights, but with a particular focus on trade mark and Fair Trading Act 1986 matters.

George has over two years’ experience as a District Court Judges’ Clerk for the Tauranga District Court, which gives him insight into the court processes and a particular affinity for research and preparing written material.

With a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, George has an avid interest in many aspects of Technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence and the regulation of new and emerging technologies.

Born and raised in Mount Maunganui, outside of work George can (very) occasionally be found around the Mount itself, or on the Mount main beach. George’s interests also include coding small programs and scripting in his spare time, video gaming, and digital painting of landscapes or character/people focused paintings.

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IP update

Unallowable – the Federal Court of Australia requests amendment of history

In our first article in this series on Australian and New Zealand law, we reported on the current law on amendment allowability following Australia’s “Raising the Bar” reforms and the decision of the Federal Court of Australia in CSIRO v BASF Plant Science GmbH and how that decision has been applied by the Australian Patent Office. In this second...

Patents

Allowable – the Federal Court of Australia clarifies the law on amendment

In the first of a series of articles on Australian and New Zealand law, we report on the current law on amendment allowability following Australia’s “Raising the Bar” reforms, and how that law has since been applied by the Australian Patent Office. In CSIRO v BASF Plant Science GmbH1 the Federal Court of Australia was asked to...

Patents

No patent marking? No damages for lost sales

If you export to the US, or have businesses there, and you have patents: ensure your products are marked with the relevant patent numbers, or you may be unable to recover in Court any monetary losses caused by patent infringement. That is the key message for businesses from the recent case of Arctic Cat Inc., v...

IP update

Zespri’s Plant Variety Rights litigation bears fruit

The High Court has recently released New Zealand’s second ever plant variety rights (“PVR”) infringement decision, (mostly) in favour of Zespri Group Limited (“Zespri”). In 2009 Zespri successfully registered rights in new Psa-resistant varieties of gold kiwifruit called G3 and G9 (known commercially as SunGold and Zespri Charm respectively) under the Plant Variety Rights Act...

Spa-ring yourself future costs: making sure a design is new or original in New Zealand

What makes a design “new or original”? This was one of the issues the Assistant Commissioner recently considered in Guangzhou Sunrans Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd v Watkins Manufacturing Corporation [2019] NZIPODES 1, the first IPONZ design registration decision since 2014. Background facts Watkins Manufacturing (makers of the NXT range of spa pools) successfully applied to have...

Innovation

Artificial Authorship in New Zealand: is the law equipped?

As Douglas Adams once put it: [1] There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. The...

Copyright “Heresy” – when original is not original for Copyright Law

The Court of Appeal recently released its well-reasoned and articulate decision in Zhang v Sealegs International Limited [2019] NZCA 389 (“Sealegs”), detailing the difference between ‘original’ in the ordinary sense of the word and ‘original’ in copyright law. The decision is an important one for businesses, and lawyers, because it demonstrates that merely because an arrangement of...

IP update

Courting discourteous behaviour in civil hearings

The Contempt of Court Bill 2018 (“Contempt Bill”) passed its third reading in the House on 20 August 2019 and is at the time of writing awaiting royal assent.[1] The Contempt Bill’s passage is a timely reminder that when attending court – whether as a witness, a supporter, or a party – you are expected...

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