Intellectual Property Law Issue 2022

Running head: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
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Table of Contents
Part A...............................................................................................................................................2
Issue.............................................................................................................................................2
Rule..............................................................................................................................................2
Application..................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................4
Part B...............................................................................................................................................4
Issue.............................................................................................................................................4
Rule..............................................................................................................................................5
Application..................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................7
Reference.........................................................................................................................................8

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Part A
Issue
The issue in the case is whether Matt has any protection under Australian copyright law.
Rule
Under section 31 of the Copyright Act 19681 copyright is the exclusive right in case of a
literary, dramatic or musical work for the reproduction in a material form, publication,
performance, communication, adaptation of the particular work.
As per section 32 of the Act2 copyright of any work subsists in an original literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work which is unpublished and of which the author was seen to be a
qualified person.
As per section 33 of the Act3 copyright of an original work regarding any literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work would subsist until 70 years after the death of the author of the
work.
Section 35 of the Act4 provides for the ownership of the copyright in respect to original
works. As per subsection 1 of this section the author of any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
work is considered as the owner of the copyright that subsists in the work.
1 Copyright Act 1968, s.31
2 Ibibd, s.32
3 Ibid, s.33
4 Ibid, s.35(1)

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As per section 35(6) of the Act5 the ownership of any literary, dramatic, artistic or
musical work is made by any author in the term of his employment by another person under a
contract of service then the owner of the work would be the person under whose employment the
work was made.
According to section 85 of the Act unless there is a contrary intention appearing in
relation to a sound recording, copyright in sound recording can be defined as the exclusive right
to make a copy of sound recording, cause the recording to be heard in public, communicating the
recording to the public and entering into commercial rental arrangements in respect of the
recording.
The owner of a copyright can bring an action for infringement of the copyright under the
provision of section 115 (1) of the Act6 as seen in the case Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & others v
iiNet Ltd7.
Under the provision of section 115 (4) of the Copyrights Act8 if an infringement is
established in relation to the copyright of a work and for the infringement the court is satisfied of
the factors contributing to the infringement, it might award additional damages that would be
considered appropriate in the circumstance as seen in the case EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited v
Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Limited9.
5 Ibid, s.35(6)
6 Ibid, s.115 (1)
7 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & others v iiNet Ltd [2010] FCA 24
8 Ibid, s.115 (4)
9 EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited v Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Limited [2011] FCAFC 47