12 Mar 2025

Splitting intellectual property in a divorce

From Nights, 10:17 pm on 12 March 2025

Marlborough artist Sirpa Alalääkkölä and her ex-husband Paul Palmer have spent five years in a legal battle over whether he owned half the rights to her work when they split.

Senior lecturer Joshua Yuvaraj from the University of Auckland explains why a new ruling by the Supreme Court of New Zealand has major implications for creators in New Zealand.

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