Loman Friedlander Award

Background	The award was set up in 1990 by the Loman Friedlander Trust to commemorate a family member's strong interest in the area of Intellectual Property Law.
Purpose of the award	To reward an original paper on any subject falling within the general area of Intellectual Property Law (patents, trade marks, registered designs, copyright).
Selection Criteria	Open to any tertiary student who is a NZ resident. The Award is made for the best paper of between 5,000 and 10,000 words on any subject within the area of Intellectual Property Law. The Award is only made if an entry of sufficient standard is received.
Number of awards offered	One each year.
Value	$1,000.
Closing Date of applications	Apply before 30 November each year.
Apply to	Please complete the entry form here, and email it along with a pdf copy of your submission to secretary@nzipa.org.nz

Papers of Note Submitted

2021	Winner Jordyn Coxhead, University of Waikato WAI 262 and Maori Intellectual Property Internationally
2020	Winner Liberty Ockwell, University of Otago Lessons from Myriad
2017	Winner Gabrielle Carter, University of Auckland Are Property Rules a Liability?
2016	Winner Seira Shin-Clayton, University of Auckland Copyright and Street Art
2015	Winner Nellie O'Donnell, University of Canterbury Student DNA©: Copyright Protection for Novel Genomes
2014	Winner Kari Schmidt, University of Otago Student "Appropriation in the Fine Arts: Fair Use, Fair Dealing and Copyright Law."
2013	Winner Alex Clark, Victoria University of Wellington Student "Enclosing the public domain: exploring the restriction of public domain books in a digital environment." Runner Up Jude Antony, "Copyright andDesign law in New Zealand: Time for a New Approach."
2010	Winner Ben Cain, University of Waikato Student "Space: the final frontier.' Is the Starship Copyright fighting a losing battle against the Space Pirates?" Runner Up Heidi Jones, University of Waikato Student "What are the effects of the current law relating to ownership in the Copyright Act 1994 (the Act) and how could these laws be improved?"
2009	Winner Matthew Harrop, University of Otago Student Something for Nothing: Copyright ISP Liability and P2P File Sharing
2008	Winner Raymond Scott, Auckland University Student A Critical Assessment of the purpose and efficacy of clause 14 of the Patents Bill 2008
2007	Winner Shaun McGirr, Victoria University Student Massachusetts, Microsoft and digitial document standards: government-as-consumer power to prevent an enclosure movement in the digitial age? Highly Commended Stephanie Woods, Canterbury University Student Creative Commons - a useful development in the NZ copyright sphere? Runners Up Craig Dickson, Richardson & Co "A Life of His Own" - the copyright protection of fictional characters Jessica Lai, Victoria Univeristy Student Methods of Medical Treatment of Human Illnesses in New Zealand: Practitioners and Non Preactitioners Shona Foster, Law Student Striking a balance - a critical analysis of the protection against tarnishment provided by s 89(1)(d) of the Trade Marks Act 2002 Invoking the Waiver provision of Article 31: A Matter of Certainty or Precaution
2006	Winner Stuart Bradshaw, Otago Univeristy Student Market and Statutory Solutions to Biotechnology Transfer
2005	Winner Mariaan de Beer, Canterbury University Law Student The Experimental Use Defence to Patent Infringement - do we Still Need to Protect the Philosopical Experiment in 2005? Runners Up Mark Paton, Baldwins Copyright Protection of Industrial Designs: A Monopoly out of Control or just Misunderstood? Scott Holdaway, Canterbury University Law Student Skin Deep - Copyright Protection of Indigenous Body Art Anne Griffin, Canterbury University Law Student Internet Business Methods: Problems with Patentability

Previous Winners

• 2021 Jordyn Coxhead, University of Waikato for "WAI 262 and Maori Intellectual Property Internationally"
• 2020 Liberty Ockwell, University of Otago for "Lessons from Myriad"
• 2019 no award given
• 2018 no award given
• 2017 Gabrielle Carter, University of Auckland for "Are Property Rules a Liability?"
• 2016 Seira Shin-Clayton, University of Auckland for "Copyright and Street Art".
• 2015 Nellie O'Donnell, University of Canterbury for "DNA©: Copyright Protection for Novel Genomes"
• 2014 Kari Schmidt, University of Otago Student for "Appropriation in the Fine Arts: Fair Use, Fair Dealing and Copyright Law."
• 2013 Alex Clark, Victoria University of Wellington for "Enclosing the public domain: exploring the restriction of public domain books in a digital environment."
• 2012 no award given
• 2011 no award given
• 2010 Ben Cain, University of Waikato Student for "Space: the final frontier.' Is the Starship Copyright fighting a losing battle against the Space Pirates?"
• 2009 Matthew Harrop, University of Otago Student for "Something for Nothing: Copyright ISP Liability and P2P File Sharing."
• 2008 Raymond Scott, Auckland University Student for " A Critical Assessment of the purpose and efficacy of clause 14 of the Patents Bill 2008"
• 2007 Shaun McGirr, Victoria University Student for "Massachusetts, Microsoft and digital document standards: government-as-consumer power to prevent an enclosure movement in the digital age?"
• 2006 Stuart Bradshaw, Otago University Student for "Market and Statutory Solutions to Biotechnology Transfer"
• 2005 Mariaan de Beer, Canterbury University Law Student for "The Experimental Use Defence to Patent Infringement - do we Still Need to Protect the Philosophical Experiment in 2005?"
• 2004 no entries received
• 2003 no entries received
• 2002 Debra Wilson, Canterbury University Law Student for "The Champagne Cases: Extended Passing Off or Unfair Competition in Disguise"
• 2001 Adeep Segkar, Auckland University Law Student for "The Interaction of Trade Mark Law and the Domain Name System - an Examination and Critique"
• 2000 Steven Moe, Canterbury University Law Student for "Stop in the Name.com of the Law.com"
• 1999 Elissa Bradley, Canterbury University Law Student for "The Protection of the Progeny of Genetically Engineering Animals and Clones in New Zealand"
• 1998 Mathew Coull
• 1997 Marcus Woodhouse
• 1996 Sue French, Massey University Student
• 1995 Brendan Cash
• 1994 C Tindall
• 1993 no award given
• 1992 Karen Nguyen
• 1991 Alison Gray
• 1990 G MacKay
• 1989 Linda G Lee