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Until recently, using the full Happy Birthday song would mean paying royalties to the purported owner of the copyright.

A recent case provides a textbook example of how not to create a competitive start-up.

Innovation that happens in an "open" collaborative context can provide faster, better, more holistic results to accelerate innovation and improve competitive advantage, concludes our new report:

In response to the Optus TV Now decision, the Government has ordered a review of copyright law in the digital environment.

The point of Pinterest is to trawl the internet and pin other people's images, which could be a breach of copyright.

If someone else has had to pay substantial dollars for IP infringement, then hopefully the rest of us will think twice.

Employers generally believe that they own the copyright in all materials produced by their employees. However, this may not always be the case.

Publishers should be aware of the law in these areas so they know how to deal with them quickly and confidently.

IP is the legal property in the innovation in your business and it is that which drives your revenue and profit growth.

Federal Court dismisses claim by multi-national alliance of motion picture and recording industry companies that iiNet, Australia’s third largest internet service provider, had authorised copyright infringement by failing to stop its customers from using the otherwise legitimate BitTorrent file sharing software system to download copyrighted movies.

On 4 February 2010, the Australian Federal Court dismissed a claim by a multi-national alliance of motion picture and recording industry companies, represented by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), that iiNet, Australia’s third largest internet service provider, had authorised copyright infringement by failing to stop its customers from using the otherwise legitimate BitTorrent file sharing software system to download copyrighted movies.

Hollywood v ISP: iiNet held not responsible for its customers’ copyright infringement by Australian Federal Court.

The inquiry has provided a platform for the ACCC to seek law reforms that would impact businesses across the board.

Actions against the former directors included copyright infringement, breach of confidence and breach of fiduciary duty.

Australia’s first decision on the failure to attribute the author of an artistic work was handed down last year and offers some instructive lessons for agencies.

The Artist’s Resale Rights Bill 2006 (Cth) is expected to be introduced soon into Parliament. The Bill seeks to grant artists a share of the resale price each time their work is resold. Resale royalties seek to reward artists as the value of their work increases, which usually occurs after the initial sale by the artist.

There's now some more certainty about the Australian Government's review of copyright law.