Thursday, 11 September 2025
Chair
Hamish Selby, Partner, Buddle Findlay
What the New NZ-UK Free Trade Agreement Means for New Zealand Copyright Law
- Notable intellectual property provisions included in the Agreement
- Artists’ resale right scheme and the value of copyright works
- Geographical indications
Presented by Tim Mahood, Partner, Hudson Gavin Martin
Learning Objectives:
- Examine how the NZ-UK Free Trade Agreement reshapes New Zealand’s copyright regime
- Understand the introduction of new concepts such as the artists’ resale right and changes relating to geographical indications
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPE/CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
*Original Content was created in June 2024
Presenters
Tim Mahood, Partner, Hudson Gavin MartinTim loves the law. He finds it intellectually stimulating and engaging. His time as a general counsel has given him an invaluable understanding of the commercial world, what clients want to achieve, and how legal issues fit in with broader business strategy. Tim is Hudson Gavin Martin’s litigation lead, having significant commercial disputes experience, but as a qualified patent attorney has a particular a soft spot for IP and tech disputes.
Hamish Selby, Partner, Buddle Findlay
Hamish is a partner at Buddle Findlay, who specialises in intellectual property and leads the Buddle Findlay IP team. He has practised for over 20 years experience and has extensive experience advising clients in New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and overseas. Hamish advises clients about all aspects of IP, including creation, development, protection, commercialisation, enforcement and management, including copyright, trade marks, registered designs, patents and domain names. He acts in non-contentious, contentious and transactional IP matters. Hamish is privileged to act for some of the world's largest multi-national companies, large New Zealand companies, small-medium sized companies and local and central government clients as well as start-up/early stage businesses, who all entrust their IP rights with him. He is also proud to provide pro bono advice to a well-known international and local not-for profit businesses. Hamish acts for many food and beverage clients and provides IP advice to these clients, including in New Zealand, Australia and key export markets. In recognition of his expertise, Hamish is ranked in international legal directories, including Legal 500, World Trade Mark Review and Chambers and Partners. Hamish is also affiliated with a number of IP organisations, including IPSANZ (where he is a member and sits on the New Zealand executive committee), INTA (where he is a member and is on an Asia Pacific IP Office Practice subcommittee) and NZIPA. Hamish has a LLB and BSC (Biochemistry) from the University of Otago.
