By: hinamanu
@ scrubone Just watch the monopolies amalgamate more. When was the last time you saw the courts intervene against monopolies such as Microsoft. How far back was that ?
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@barry, @Elaycee: there is an option that you seem to be ignoring. That Samsung (or Toyota) could just not carry spares and support for parallel imported phones. That’s their business decision. The big...
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Elaycee – you misunderstand. For parallel imported goods (in fact for ALL goods) the dealer who sells you the goods, the company who presents you the invoice for the goods, carries the responsibility...
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Just watch the monopolies amalgamate more. When was the last time you saw the courts intervene against monopolies such as Microsoft. How far back was that ? If your point is that the courts take a long...
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@PaulL Its not about parts and service and all that. Its about intellectual property. If a company is going to develop and manufacture a product – at some cost – it will be expecting to be able to set...
View ArticleBy: hinamanu
“If your point is that goverments can’t win against large multinationals” When was the last time you heard of the govt speaking out against oil companies. Jim Anderton tried once…way back in the 90’s...
View ArticleBy: scrubone
When was the last time you heard of the govt speaking out against oil companies. Friday I think – might have been thursday. Your problem is that you are so deep in the “multinationals are evil” mindset...
View ArticleBy: hinamanu
You mean the govt made a public statement against the oil companies???? I didn’t compare McDonald’s to Monsanto . Don’t sound like a leftist who goes out of context. Please
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<i>If the govt is powerless against McDonald’s you can bet your house they are far more powerless against a huge monopoly like Monsanto and can’t even think of engaging them.</i> Yes, you...
View ArticleBy: annie
NZ needs to be extremely careful. The danger with the US is that we will make concessions the US wants, and they will make concessions that won’t, in reality, be realistically implemented. Non-tariff...
View ArticleBy: scrubone
You mean the govt made a public statement against the oil companies???? Sorry, I misread you. I thought you said “a” goverment.
View ArticleBy: PaulL
@barry: I don’t see it as an intellectual property issue. The company that makes the goods still sold them. What they don’t get to control is who you can onsell them too. It’s like me selling you a car...
View ArticleBy: wat dabney
As ever in this debate it needs to be stated quite clearly that a country is better off (and its people permitted more freedom) by unilaterally abolishing import restrictions. It’s not a matter of...
View ArticleBy: hinamanu
“Sorry, I misread you. I thought you said “a” goverment.” all gud.. you certainly had my eyes like saucers
View ArticleBy: Elaycee
@BigFish / PaulL: It appears you’re both OK with a scenario such as this: A company has owned the rights to market a product in NZ for decades / they have spent large on an ongoing marketing campaign /...
View ArticleBy: Wayne Mapp
David, You can’t be serious. Simply saying the US needs us more than we need them is not a viable strategy. We are going to have to give something if TPP is to happen, and that will be IP. All...
View ArticleBy: wat dabney
“I wouldn’t trust US made. And most certainly wouldn’t buy.” The beauty of Capitalism (peaceful free trade) is true Consumer sovereignty. You can buy from whoever you wish, and can equally decline to...
View ArticleBy: Sam Buchanan
I went to a meeting about the TPPA a while back, and the official from the negotiating team said there was little to be gained from increased access to the US market – he reckoned access was already...
View ArticleBy: PaulL
@Elaycee: correct. I’d be quite OK with that. Basically that means instead of an importer paying for a license to charge over-the-odds prices from consumers (i.e. protected monopoly giving the right to...
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