The ABC's dispute with One Nation over political cartoons featuring Bluey raises an interesting question: when does using someone else's copyrighted character become lawful satire? Australia's favourite...
The Brisbane 2032 emblem leak shows why trade mark planning belongs in the launch timetable
Most business owners don't think about copyright until something goes wrong. A design gets copied. Content appears on a competitor's site. A collaboration falls apart and nobody can agree on who owns...
Most business owners don't think about copyright until something goes wrong. A piece of work gets copied, a contract dispute surfaces, or a collaborator walks away claiming ownership of something you...
What if the most valuable thing in your business is also the thing you've never properly protected? Most business owners don't find out they have an IP problem until something forces the issue. A trade...
I still own my CDs. And before anyone asks, no, they are not scratched. They have been properly looked after. Some may eventually succumb to disc rot, but that is a chemical deterioration issue and not...
Can a Similar Logo Cause Problems in a Different Industry? Louis Vuitton and Molly Tea
What founders need to know before they build a brand around their own name
Most business owners treat intellectual property as a legal formality. That instinct is costing them money. IP sits quietly inside every business - in the brand name on the website, the process that...
EPISODE 040 · THE PODCAST, EXPANDED
What if the asset with the most potential to protect and grow your business is the one you have been treating as an afterthought? Intellectual property is not a compliance checkbox. It is a commercial...
Elise Steegstra is an Australian Lawyer and general law nerd
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