Why did a polytech fail in IP claim against tutor?

Whitireia Polytech has been told to keep its hands off maths workbooks created by one of its tutors.The Employment Relations Authority has determined that Whitireia tutor Anne Abbott owns the intellectual property behind maths workbooks she developed and

Liam Baldwin
Thu, 07 Oct 2010

Whitireia Polytech has been told to keep its hands off maths workbooks created by one of its tutors.

The Employment Relations Authority has determined that Whitireia tutor Anne Abbott owns the intellectual property behind maths workbooks she developed and updated to aid teaching her students.

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