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SexualOffences
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Sexual offences and Sexual offences raise a range of potentially complex issues, including specific evidentiary provisions, procedural rules, sentencing and rep...
OffencesAgainstThePerson
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Offences against the person and Introduction This chapter deals with common offences to be found in the Criminal Code Act (CCA) and other Acts commonly used to...
BusinessesStructuredForProfit
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Businesses structured for profit and A person who wants to start their own business has available to them a number of different business structures, ranging fro...
DealingWithMoney
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Community organisations dealing with money and There are four basic ways for a community organisation with limited funds to improve its financial position. Th...
Superannuation
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Superannuation , and Superannuation is a long term savings and investment vehicle that provides tax advantaged retirement benefits for members and their dependen...
PublishPluginHistory
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Publishing Details Publisher: AdminUser Date: 02 Sep 2016 16:26 Dir: /home/www/foswiki/pub/publish/ URL: http://austlii.community/foswiki/pub/publish// Web(s): ...
MakingAClaim
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Making a claim and As soon as possible following the event giving rise to the claim, policyholders must: * inform the insurer of the incident. Notification m...
Insurance
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Insurance and Introduction Insurance companies collect premiums from their customers to use to pay those customers who make claims under their insurance polici...
HealthAndCommunityServicesComplaints
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Health and Community Services Complaints Commission (HCSCC) and The Health and Community Services Complaints Commission (HCSCC) is an independent statutory body...
VeteransEntitlements
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Veterans' entitlements and The Federal Government has legislative schemes that both provide pensions for, and compensate, eligible defence and ex defence servic...
OptionsForAPersonWithAComplaint
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Challenging administrative decisions and If an administrative decision is made that you disagree with, there are four main ways that you might be able to challe...
PensionsBenefitsAndAllowances
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Pensions, benefits allowances and This chapter covers financial assistance payments made to individuals and families by the Federal Government. Payments are m...
InjuriesCausedByAnimals
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11.5 Injuries and accidents caused by animals and Generally owners are liable for the actions of their animals (including pets) and, in certain cases, can be ch...
AccidentsOnPrivateAndPublicProperty
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11.4 Accidents on private and public property and Accidents and injuries that happen on private or public property are sometimes caused by the conduct of others...
InjuriesAndDamageCausedByCrime
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11.3 Injuries and damage caused by crime and Introduction As of 1 May 2007 the Victims of Crime Assistance Act (VCAA) applies to persons who claim compensation...
MotorVehicleAccidents
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11.2 Motor vehicle accidents and This section is divided into three parts: * what to do after an accident * property damage * motor vehicle injuries. T...
HIVAIDS
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10.2 HIV/AIDS and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS is the name given to the final stage of infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV...
BuyingOnlineOverTheInternet
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7.6 Buying online over the internet and Online shopping can increase choice and lower costs for consumers. This chapter outlines consumer rights for online shop...
BuyingAMotorVehicle
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Buying a motor vehicle and Buying a motor vehicle is a big step and it can be tricky, especially if you're buying a used or second hand vehicle. There are pitfa...
LossInjuryCausedByDefectiveProducts
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7.2 Loss injury caused by defective products and This section deals with the laws relating to compensation claims for personal injury and injury to property c...
Building
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5.6 Building and Legislative scheme In the NT, building work is regulated primarily by the following Acts: * Architects Act 1963 (NT) * Building Act 1993...
Parking
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Parking and Parking Infringements Council Officers are authorised under the Local Government Act 2008 (NT) to enforce legislation that covers areas for which L...
DogsAndOtherAnimals
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Dogs and other animals and In the NT a number of different sources of law affect dogs and other domestic animals. Some laws are found in NT legislation; some lo...
AgedCare
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Aged care and Where to find information Comprehensive advice is available from the Commonwealth Government's online site: myagedcare. Go to http://www.myagedca...
Paternity
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Paternity and PATERNITY TESTING Paternity of a child may be an issue in child support matters, family law matters and matters relating to wills and estates. Th...
RepresentingYourself
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Representing yourself This section provides some basic information and advice for people who have to attend a court or tribunal or intend to go to court as one of...
LegalDocuments
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Legal documents This chapter describes some of the documents commonly regarded as legal documents. Many others are not covered by this chapter, though some are de...
JuryService
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Jury service and The Australian justice system works on the principle that people charged with certain crimes should be tried and judged by their peers. For thi...
DealingwiththeDepartmentofImmigrationandBorderProtection
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Dealing with the DIBP , and Record keeping and timeframes Whenever you make contact with DIBP you should keep a note of the time and the name of the officer wi...
AttributionForm
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Attribution Form This is a maintenance topic, used by the Wiki administrator. Name Type Size Values Tooltip message Attributes AustLII _Cont...
TrademarksDesignsAndPatentsCopy
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Trade marks, designs and patents Abbreviations used in this chapter : ACC: Australian Copyright Council : AMCOS: Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owner's S...
Websitedesign
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Website design The design and/or layout of a website can be protected by copyright. This is quite separate from copyright ownership o...
Wellknowntmcertdefcollectivetm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Well known marks certification, defensive and collective marks Apart from the general procedure for registration of a trade mark, t...
Whatconstitutesinfringementcopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What Constitutes an Infringement of Copyright? In simple terms, the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or re...
Whatdoescopyrightprotect
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What does Copyright Protect? Copyright gives authors and creators legal protection for the following types of work: * literary wor...
Whatiscopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What is copyright? Copyright is a form of intellectual property which, as the name suggests, is an intangible form of personal proper...
Whatispatent
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What is a patent? A patent is a legal document that gives an inventor exclusive right to exploit their invention for a specified peri...
Whattrademarktradesign
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 What is a trade mark/trade sign? The TMA defines a trade mark as: a sign used, or intended to be used, to distinguish goods or servic...
Whendoescopyrightapply
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 When Does Copyright Apply? There are three basic principles or 'characteristics' that need to be grasped in respect of copyright and ...
Whocanregistertm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Who can register a trade mark? A person may apply for the registration of a trade mark in respect of goods and/or services if the per...
Whoownscopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Who Owns the Copyright? The basic rule is that the author or creator is the first owner of copyright CA s.35(2) . But copyright owne...
Whyhaveiplaws
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Why do we have intellectual property laws? Intellectual property rights involve striking a balance between the interests of the origi...
Whypatent
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Why do we have patent protection? As with the other main areas of intellectual property, Australia's patent protection framework esse...
Rightsmanagementinformation
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Rights management information Amendments to the CA in 2000 introduced sanctions against tampering with electronic rights management i...
Scandalouscontrarytolaw
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Scandalous or contrary to law Under section 42 of the TMA: An application for the registration of a trade mark must be rejected if: ...
Scanninguploadingdownloadingimages
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Scanning, uploading and downloading images Scanning an image to produce a digitised version involves making a reproduction of the ima...
Spaceshiftingofrecordedmusic
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 'Space shifting' of recorded music A person who owns a copy of a sound recording, such as a CD, is now allowed to make a copy of that...
Subjectmatterotherthan
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Substantiallyidenticaldeceptivelysimilar
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Substantially identical or deceptively similar to another trade mark Under section 44 of the TMA, an application must be rejected if ...
TechnologicalProtectionMeasures
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) Criminal penalties and civil remedies exist for making, importing and commercially dealing i...
Theinternet
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 The internet The internet is a network of computers. No one owns it and it has no central location or administration. For most users ...
TimeshiftingrecordingTVradioforlaterprivateuse
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Time shifting: recording from TV and radio for later private use It is permissible to record a television or radio program to watch o...
Tmgeoindic
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) TRIPS obligations In accordance with the requirements of the TRIPS Agreement, WTO mem...
Tminfringementsoffences
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Trade mark infringements and offences Infringements Section 120(1) of the TMA provides a simple definition of an infringement, namel...
TradeMarksDesignsAndPatents
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24.2 Trade marks, designs and patents Trade Marks General The purpose of trade mark law is slightly different to that of the other intellectual property protect...
Usedorintendedtobeused
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 'Used or intended to be used' Under section17 of the TMA, the sign must be 'used or intended to be used' in the trade. Registering a ...
Usefulorganisations
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Useful organisations A number of organisations either collect copyright fees, or deal extensively in copyright issues, including assi...
Usefulorgpatents
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Useful organisations IP Australia IP Australia is the Australian Government agency responsible for the administration of patents, tr...
Ordersdeliverup
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Orders to deliver up Courts with equitable jurisdiction have an inherent power to order a defendant to deliver up articles made in co...
Otherqualificationsforcopyrightprotect
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Other qualification for copyright protection The CA requires two criteria or 'points of attachment' that must be satisfied for a work...
Parallelimportation
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Parallel importation Importing copyright material for commercial purposes or dealing with such material without the approval of the c...
Performersperformances
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Performers/performances Prior to amendments to the CA in 2004, performers gained virtually no protection for their live performances,...
Preservationmoralrights
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Preservation of moral rights However, it should be noted that, irrespective of the nature of the licensing or assignment agreement, t...
Proscribedmarks
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Proscribed marks Regulations made under section 18 of the TMA may specify that certain signs are not to be used as trade marks. TMA S...
Protectionforcomputersoftware
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Protection for computer software Computer programs ordinarily receive copyright protection as 'literary works'. A basic problem for p...
Protectionmechanisms
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Protection mechanisms A person putting material on their site that they wish to protect that is, prevent others from copying shou...
Reqforregist
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Requirements for registrability A design has to meet a number of key requirements before it can be registered and legally protected i...
Requirementsregistration
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Requirements for registration A mark must be 'distinctive' within the terms of section 41 of the TMA, that is, it must be capable of ...
Restrictionsonexercisingrightsdefencesfairdealing
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Restrictions on the Exercise of Rights: Defences and Fair Dealing There are a number of provisions allowing the free or paid use of c...
Rightsbyregistration
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Rights given by registration Under section 20 of the TMA: : If a trade mark is registered, the registered owner of the trade mark ha...
Howlongcopyrightlast
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 How Long Does Copyright Protection Last? Prior to the 2004 US Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the general term of copyright pro...
Incapableofdistinguishment
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Incapable of distinguishment Incapacity to distinguish constitutes grounds for both rejection of, and opposition to, an application t...
Indirectinfringementcopyrightknowing
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Indirect infringement of copyright 'knowing or having reason to know' Indirect infringement means dealing with unauthorised reprodu...
Infringementsoffences
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Infringements and offences The DA provides that a primary infringement occurs if a person, without authority, makes or offers to make...
Infringementspatents
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Infringement The PA does not provide any definition of direct infringement, although three forms are suggested: * exploiting the i...
Infringementsubstantialpartrequirement
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Infringement: the 'substantial part' requirement Under section 14(1) of the CA, the infringing act must be done in relation to a 'sub...
Injunctioncopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Injunction This equitable remedy usually requires the defendant to refrain from a particular course of conduct; rarely, it may requir...
IntroPatents
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Introduction Patents, like other intellectual property rights, are a product of the 'balance' between competing interests. From the t...
Introduction
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Introduction Industrial design involves the design of three dimensional products which may range from consumer goods to technological...
Inventwhichnotpatentable
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Inventions which are not patentable The 'human being' exception Human beings, and the biological processes for their generation, are...
Jointownership
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Joint ownership Copyright in a work can be held jointly where the individual contributions of each creator cannot be distinguished. A...
Journalistscopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Journalist's copyright Section 35(4) of the CA provides for a division of ownership of copyright between the journalist authors of wo...
Licensingofcopyright
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Licensing of copyright In contrast to assignment, a licence arrangement may involve nothing more than a bare permission to do an act ...
Likelydeceiveorconfusiontm
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Marks likely to deceive or cause confusion Section 43 of the TMA requires that an application for the registration of a trade mark in...
Linkinganotherwebsite
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Linking to another website Before linking to or framing a third party website, a person should review it for any prohibition on linki...
Literarydramaticmusicalartisticworks
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works (CA Part III protected) The CA Part III works include the following: * literary wor...
Marevainjunction
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Mareva injunction This is another ex parte order which restrains the defendant from disposing of or removing from the jurisdiction as...
Marksunablegraphicallyrepresented
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Marks unable to be graphically represented Examples of these types of marks would include marks which are reliant upon sounds or smel...
Moralrights
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Moral rights Moral rights are rights which an author or artist retains even after the right to exploit the copyright in the work has ...
Descriptivemarks
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Main.JonathanMo 14 Sep 2015 Descriptive marks One significant ground for seeking removal of protection from a registered mark (that is, removing it from the regi...
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