1. Aspects of IT Law

2. Purposes
• Software Agreements
• Intellectual Property
• Requirements for Copyright
• Copyright Ownership and Transfer

3. Software Agreements
• Offer and Acceptance
• Performance
 what bugs are breaches?
 bespoke/custom v off-the-shelf
 functional specifications
• Ownership of Contract Materials

4. Intellectual Property
• Patents
• Confidential information/trade secrets
• Trade Marks
• Copyright

5. Requirements for Copyright
• Subject Matter
• Expression in some Material Form
 no copyright in ideas
• Original Work
 originates from the author – not copied
 independent work protected
• Formalities
 Australian citizen or resident
 no registration or searching

6. Copyright Ownership and Transfer
• The Author unless:
work made by an employee in the
course of usual duties
assigned by Agreement
• Joint Ownership
• Assignments and Licenses
formalities
contractual importance - background
IP

7. For further information, please contact:
Peter Bolam
Acc. Spec. (Bus.) – Qld
Legal Practitioner Director | BA LLB LLM (IP)
D: +61 7 3223 9139
F: +61 7 3221 5518
E: peterbolam@solusip.com.au