Intellectual Property Archives

Intellectual Property

January 21, 2016

Misconduct but still unfairly dismissed

Archive Compensation, Confidentiality, Dismissal, Fair Work Commission, FWC, Intellectual Property, Misconduct

To start off 2016, we thought it might be prudent to revisit one of the more significant decisions handed down in 2015 in which a termination for serious misconduct was determined to be unfair, despite there being a valid reason for dismissal. In this case, it was the Commission’s comments about compensation that should be […]

November 20, 2014

Protecting your IP from former employees

Archive Breach of Contract, Breach of duty, Confidentiality, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property, IP

In Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd v Koudstaal (No 3) [2014] FCA 1129, the Employer was part of a group of companies who sell software products and provide services to the mining sector. The Employee was employed with the Employer for about 18 months before he resigned in November 2011. Following his resignation, the Employee went […]