This issue includes an exploration of the new Australian 'parody' defence to an action for copyright infringement by Jani McCutcheon, who lectures at the University of Western Australia (the IPKat says, he's looking forward to an exhibition of bad reproductions of the doggie pic in Rogers v Koons, which seem to spring up wherever satire and parody are discussed). [read post]

Overseas readers may be wondering, at this point, if The Bar and the Judiciary of England & Wales are stressed, haven’t got their work life balance quite right and are working too hard. [read post]