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Some fashion designers believe that if they base their designs on another's original copyright work and make many changes to that work, this is sufficient to avoid copyright infringement under the Copyright Act. This is not always the case.

A recent Federal Court decision highlights the need for employers to ensure that as well as clearly setting out the duties of employment, employment contracts also include a comprehensive assignment of all intellectual property rights, if the employer is to be assured that all rights in the intellectual property in materials created by employees are owned by the employe