Layout Labs Creative has the exclusive right to modify, cancel or change any of the following terms of this IP & Copyright Policy Terms at any time and without giving any reason.
IP Policy & Terms
Any and all work that is created by Layout Labs Creative and procured at the request of the purchaser and whereby there are actual working drawings for the procurement requirement, then these working drawings remain entirely the property of Layout Labs Creative as intellectual property.
Layout Labs Creative strongly suggests to all procuring purchasers that any creative works which distinguishes a unique brand, product or service from other competitors in the market - such as a logo, phrase, word, letter, colour, sound, smell, picture, movement, aspect of packaging, visual appearance of new and distinctive products or any combination of these, be heavily considered for registered protection through IP Australia. This is not legal advice. Layout Labs Creative can generally discuss basic aspects of IP registration, however it cannot offer any legal advice or legal opinion. Layout Labs Creative strongly suggests that the procuring purchaser make their own enquiries through IP Australia or an IP lawyer. It is the responsibility entirely of the procuring purchaser to ensure they are satisfied with their own choices of IP Classes of Goods (1-34) or Classes of Services (35-45) and any other IP decision making.
Copyright Policy & Terms
Copyright in Layout Labs Creative design expressions is granted automatically from the time the original work is created and does not need to be registered.
Any or all single creative work requests performed by Layout Labs Creative that results in multiple design proofs of differing original design expressions and shown to the procuring purchaser, these proofs are copyright and remain entirely the property of Layout Labs Creative and that the procuring purchaser only has a right to accepting one of those design samples, if any at all, and the non selected design proofs are not considered to form part of the creative works order as a whole, thereby the remainder of the design proofs are entirely the property of Layout Labs Creative and not the procuring purchaser. In essence, the procuring purchaser agrees that they cannot use any non-chosen original design expressions created by Layout Labs Creative that were shown to them and fully indemnifies Layout Labs Creative for any losses due to non-compliance of this term.
Notwithstanding the above, all creative work performed by Layout Labs Creative that is as a result of and beyond working drawings, whether complete or part complete, and whereby the procuring purchaser has selected just the single original design expression proof so as Layout Labs Creative can continue to provide further work on, if at all, and that this item has been paid for in full, the single chosen original design expression created by Layout Labs Creative remains entirely the property of the procuring purchaser. Layout Labs Creative reserves the right to use any creative work for its own marketing benefit and the procuring purchaser agrees to allow Layout Labs Creative to showcase this creative work without restriction and at Layout Labs Creative discretion.
Whereby any monies or fees forthwith due by the procuring purchaser for creative works by Layout Labs Creative that have not been paid for in full, the procuring purchaser agrees to relinquishing all ownership of the said creative work performed by Layout Labs Creative and that by relinquishing the creative work agrees to that same creative work to remain the property and ownership of Layout Labs Creative.
All paid for creative work by Layout Labs Creative, not including working drawings, that eventually becomes the property of the procuring purchaser, is given in good faith and without argument so as the procuring purchaser has exclusive economic rights to that said creative work copyright and any acts from its use without restriction from Layout Labs Creative.
Any creative works performed by Layout Labs Creative and subsequently transferred into copyright ownership of the procuring purchaser and whereby Layout Labs Creative retains any copies of those creative works, these same creative works are the ownership of the procuring purchaser whilst in the custody of Layout Labs Creative and whereby the procuring purchaser requests all or any of those copyrighted items to be returned to them, Layout Labs Creative will without hesitation provide those copyrighted works to the copyright owner. Any fees attributed to performing this return service, or any custody fees will be paid by the copyright owner.
If at any time Layout Labs Creative is required to use third-party copyrighted material it is up to the procuring purchaser to negotiate the licensing terms of trade and royalties applicable for such work and Layout Labs Creative is not required to liaise with these third parties or collecting societies such as but not limited to: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) or Screenrights amongst others globally. The procuring purchaser fully indemnifies Layout Labs Creative for any losses under this term.
For further information on IP protections, IP Australia is responsible for managing IP registrations and can be contacted at https://www.ipaustralia.gov.au
For further information on Copyright Law, The Attorney-General’s Department is responsible for managing the Copyright Act 1968 located at https://www.legislation.gov.au
If you have any queries about Layout Labs Creative IP or Copyright policy, contact us:
By mail: PO Box 580, Subiaco WA 6904
By email: admin@layoutlabs.au
By web: via our 'contact us' icon link at the page top
All queries or concerns received by Layout Labs Creative will be handled in a fair, confidential and timely manner via your indicated contact method.
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