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Contrary to what most celebrities think, nobody owns the copyright rights to their own image.

Intellectual property law protects the rights of individuals and businesses who create, invent or produce creative works.

Clients often question the value of having an NDA, but for US technology company ZeniMax, an NDA was very valuable.

The Federal Court of Australia released its important decision in "Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v. iiNet Limited" regarding the liability of Internet service providers (ISPs) for acts of copyright infringement by their subscribers.

The court recently awarded a software company almost $600,000 in a case involving the illegal copying of its software, sending a clear message to copyright infringers.

You should not infer Olympic endorsement or use the Olympic brand in advertising unless you have the AOC's permission.

Businesses in the software, publishing, media and internet industries may prefer to assign, rather than licence, copyright and intellectual property for commercial reasons.

Copyright holders hoping to prosecute Australians who have illegally downloaded content need to rethink their approach.

A new consultation paper proposes a new term and amended definitions to remedy the safe harbour provisions.

In brief - TV and film companies fail to snare iiNet </h3> <p>Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet is not guilty of copyright infringement on the basis of file sharing by its users, according to the Full Federal Court.

Professional designers in the building and construction industry have generally found comfort in the moral rights protections of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (Act).

Before issuing a formal letter of demand on infringers, IP owners need to ensure that they have all evidentiary records.

The issues paper requests comments on over 50 questions relating to the appropriateness of current copyright exceptions.

Copyright does not subsist in a computer generated database or one compiled by humans with strict rules about content.

The owner was awarded compensatory and additional damages for the copyright infringement of his home's building plans.

A warning was issued to copyright pirates earlier this month when a claim made by the video game company Nintendo Co Ltd (Nintendo) against an Australian individual for illegally copying and uploading to the Internet its new Super Mario Bros Wii game was settled.

Two different copyright owners have been knocked back by the Federal Court this month in attempts to assert their copyright in two very different scenarios.