Recently the Court of Appeal in New Zealand considered for the very first time whether copyrights are ‘relationship property’ for the purpose of a relationship property dispute settlement, where the property in question are works of art. Whilst the Family Court stated no, the Court of Appeal, in agreeing with the High Court, has answered in the affirmative. The following outlines the prerequisites to qualify intellectual property (IP) as ‘relationship property’ in other jurisdictions before it outlines the key points of Alalääkkölä v Palmer [2024] NZCA 24 and concludes by looking at the sort of IP that might be considered relationship property as a result of this caseand the statutory...
And So It Is Settled: Copyright can be classified as Relationship Property for the purposes of Relationship Property Settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand
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