26100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Australian Consumer Law, Public Knowledge, Consumer Protection
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You can get sued for breach of confidential information (when it is released into the public domain) The information must be secret or confidential - ie. must (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) knowledge. The information must have been given circumstances where the recipient knew or should have known that it was confidential. There must be an unauthorised use of the information to the detriment of the person communicating it. Public interest security issues, health issues: designs: Visual features of shape, configuration, pattern or decoration. Only certification provides legal rights to exclusive use of the design. Initially 5 years, one renewal permitted designs act 2003. If product also has innovative function, consider patent: patent. Inventions: a device, substance, method or process. Must be new, not public, with commercial potential gives you the right to stop others manufacturing, using or selling your invention in australia. Two types: standard (20 years) and innovation (8 years)
