http://ipwars.com/2012/08/29/no-damage-for-infringing-copyright-in-questionnaire/ Mainly intellectual property (IP) issues Down Under Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://ipwars.com/2012/08/29/no-damage-for-infringing-copyright-in-questionnaire/comment-page-1/#comment-4384 September 2012: Workplace Relations Update for Executives-On-The-Go « Complispace's Blog Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://ipwars.com/?p=1950#comment-4384 [...] In a convoluted saga, a researcher from the Victorian Ministry of Education developed a questionnaire as part of his private research, but used data obtained in the course of his employment, with additional work resources, including assistance from colleagues. He then used the questionnaire as the key tool in a private company that he established. His employer (through a number of evolutions) also used the questionnaire in its work. Under Victorian law (and the usual position in most jurisdictions), where  a person creates a work  “in pursuance of the terms of their employment,” then the copyright  is deemed to belong to the employer. [...]

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