Intellectual Property Dispute
Kellie has been working on a breach of confidentiality and trade restraint case this week. With the help of Steve Edwards, we have found evidence of confidential information being sent to a competitor of our client by an employee, and an attempt to restore the computer to factory settings to cover his tracks, which luckily […]
YouTube Copyright Dispute
This week we received an enquiry about a breach of copyright. Our client claims to own the copyright in several documentaries which have been posted on YouTube At least 3 individuals have posted films on YouTube without permission. There have been a total of over 2.2 million views. At an average of US$9.90 per thousand […]
Copyright Breach Allegations
We spoke to a client about a copyright matter this week. They had had a company prepare some plans for them based off an initial sketch, however no contract was signed and they did not like the design, so they got the plans drawn up by someone else.
Anton Pillar Order
A client of ours has caught out a competitor copying its Intellectual Property. Because the account of profits claim is potentially worth millions, we do not want any evidence destroyed. So, we are in the process of obtaining an Anton Pillar Order from the Federal Court, which means we need to convince a court to […]
Facebook and Copyright Issues
This week we saw a new client regarding some Facebook and Copyright issues. She had obtained permission to use images from the US manufacturer’s website, but there was nothing very formal. It raises the issues of what can and cannot be copied. We have another client who took his own photos of various spare parts […]
Contracts Commercialisation of Intellectual Property
This week we finalised a complicated deal between our client who owns some valuable patents and trade secrets and a large US company. It involved: (a) the company subscribing for shares; (b) the money being used to repay debt; (c) the company agreeing to fund further development of some new technology; (d) a licensing deal […]