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		<title>IceTV v Ross &amp; Vogel &#8211; Appeal concluded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The appeal of the judgment against me and Duncan Ross in the restraint of trade case brought by IceTV  (IceTV vs Ross) was heard on the 22-23 July 2010 before Justices Sackville, MacFarlan and McColl. We submitted that Rein J erred when he found that “I think it is clear that Mr Ross and Mr [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=129</link>
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		<title>Microsoft gives &#8216;upgrade&#8217; a whole new meaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  To the spin doctor who coined the phrase “negative growth”. Could you please come up with a similarly brilliant euphemism for a so-called “upgrade” which actually makes a product worse? I find myself grappling for such a term more and more often. Many thanks, Peter Vogel   Is it just me, or has the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=121</link>
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		<title>IceTV discovers the downside of enforcing restraints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IceTV has won the first round of its restraint of trade action against us (Duncan Ross, Peter Vogel and Vogel Ross Pty Ltd) and we are now preparing for a lengthy appeal. After nearly three years of court proceedings, the Supreme Court of NSW found that we breached our employment agreements with IceTV, the company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=112</link>
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		<title>Living laboratory tests sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to bold scientific experiments, I&#8217;ve got to hand it to the Europeans. Take for example the Large Hadron Collider completed last year near Geneva. This is the world&#8217;s biggest science experiment, occupying a 27-kilometre long underground tunnel. Its purpose is to smash particles one trillionth the size of a mosquito into each [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=101</link>
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		<title>Beginner&#8217;s guide to Google Adwords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a business owner, chances are you&#8217;ve been cold-called by an IT boffin pitching to fine-tune your Google Adwords. You don&#8217;t use Adwords? Tsk, tsk, tsk.So, what&#8217;s this Adwords caper all about and does your little business really need it? Most importantly, can you afford it? On the surface it looks expensive and complicated. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Court says Vogel&#8217;s invention &#8220;IceGuide&#8221; O.K.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The High Court has ruled that the electronic program guide created by IceTV does not infringe Nine Networks&#8217; copyright. The full judgment of French CJ,Gummow, Hayne, Heydon, Crennan and Kiefel JJ (73 pages) is available here. In summary, the court found that, in terms of the Copyright Act,  IceTV did not copy a &#8220;substantial&#8221; part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=71</link>
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		<title>Landmark copyright decision due today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The decision in the case of Nine Networks v IceTV  will be handed down at the High Court in Canberra at 10.15 tooday. From the hammering that Nine got from the bench at the hearing of the appeal last year, I&#8217;d say IceTV will romp home. However a decision in IceTV&#8217;s favour would signifcantly change [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=66</link>
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		<title>Innovation fund locks out innovators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended a public consultation on the government&#8217;s proposed $1.3 billion Green Car Innovation Fund. The fund is part of the &#8220;New car plan for a greener future&#8221; which provides $6.2 billion to support Australia&#8217;s automotive industry. In summary, the fund is a grant scheme which offers $1 for every $3 funding provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=39</link>
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		<title>IceTV v Nine High Court transcripts now available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 UPDATE: ICETV WINS HIGH COURT APPEAL 2008 post follows: The transcripts of the IceTV vs Nine Networks appeal to the High Court of Australia have now been published. The first day 16th Oct 2008 Second day 17th Oct 2008 My comments on each day&#8217;s arguments are presented in previous entries in my blog. Going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=38</link>
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		<title>Electric cars for the impatient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s announcement that AGL and Macquarie Bank are planning to spend $1 billion to build an electric-vehicle charging network in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane is yet another indicator that the carbon crunch could be the saviour of Australia&#8217;s automotive industry (see my previous post on this subject). The car companies are slowly tooling up for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogelross.com.au/vrblog/?p=37</link>
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