Copyright is an integral and ever-changing area of intellectual property law. The main purpose of Copyright law in Australia is to regulate the creation, distribution and use of a range of different types of ‘works’, in a way that balances the competing interests of copyright owners, authors and the general public. It is also vital …
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Registering a trade mark is a common way to identify a unique and distinctive product or service that is used in a business. The purpose of registration is also to allow use of the trade mark for goods or services to the exclusion of others. IP Australia will consider an application for registering a trade …
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Moral rights are specific rights afforded to creators of works in addition to ordinary copyright protections. Moral rights were only included in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) in 2000 and are still a relatively new area of law. What are moral rights? Moral rights are the rights of: attribution of authorship; not to have authorship …
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Intellectual property rights, by virtue of being rights in relation to intangible property, are often ignored or misunderstood. The creation of an idea or invention gives rise to intellectual property rights which can be assigned or licensed. In most industries intellectual property is created in the course of completing one’s work. What is intellectual property? …
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Estate planning law is one of the oldest areas of the law and is one area that plays on people’s minds more as they grow older. Following the acquisition or sale of assets, a person should review and possibly update their will to reflect the change in assets and to ensure that their estate is …
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