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May 22, 2012
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A small Wellington IP consultancy has won the
first round in a legal battle with American Express after the High Court
granted an interim injunction to stop the credit card giant using its
trademarks. Justice Robert Dobson
awarded an injunction that effectively prevents American Express from
using trademarks owned in New Zealand by Zone IP as part of an online
trading house AmEx intends to launch, or in its marketing or advertising until a full trial is completed.
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As the crowds converge upon Auckland today for the
grand launch of the Rugby World Cup, visitors can rest easy knowing
they’re well covered in the event of a medical emergency. Kiwi
health technology company Medtech Global, MedicAlert Foundation
International and MedicAlert New Zealand have collaborated to develop an
information sharing system that allows emergency services to access the
medical records of international MedicAlert members in real time.
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Ovum is tipping app downloads in the Asia-Pacific
market to grow by almost 200 percent this year, with Android’s dominance
forecast to soar to new peaks in the near future. According to the telecom analyst, other shifts include the rise of the Windows Phone operating system,
which will overtake BlackBerry for third place in both total number of
downloads and revenues by 2015, and falling prices for paid apps as consumers’ expectations increase.
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Small businesses do care,
but it seems they place greater importance on helping their staff and
the local
community than they do the environment. That’s the main finding from a
survey
of 2,170 small businesses, undertaken by business and professional
networking
organisation BNI New Zealand.
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These days, home-grown, hand-reared deliciousness is everywhere. We are
indeed becoming the delicatessen of the South Pacific,and the artisan
and gourmet food market is exploding. Vincent Heeringa eats in search of the design premium.
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The dairy boom has had something of a dream run,
with commodity prices still flying high and big demand for liquid milk from markets like
Argentina, Brazil, India and China. And according to Willy Leferink, we can all have a piece of the action.
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