Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 No. 27, 1987 - SECT 17

17. (1) Division 8 of Part III of the Copyright Act 1968 does not apply in
relation to-

   (a)  the copyright in the olympic symbol; and

   (b)  where the design in relation to an artistic work is registered under
        this Act-the copyright in the artistic work.

(2) It is not an infringement of the copyright in the olympic symbol to apply
the design of the olympic symbol to an article.

(3) During the protection period in relation to a registered olympic design,
being the design in relation to an artistic work, it is not an infringement of
the copyright in the artistic work to apply the design to an article.

(4) Where-

   (a)  an artistic work incorporates the olympic symbol;

   (b)  the design in relation to the artistic work is registered under this
        Act; and

   (c)  the protection period in relation to the design has ended, it is not
        an infringement of the copyright in the artistic work to apply a
        design to an article, being-

   (d)  a design that is a corresponding design in relation to an artistic
        work that is a public domain version of the first-mentioned artistic
        work; or

   (e)  a design that differs from the design referred to in paragraph (d)
        only in immaterial details or in features commonly used in a relevant
        trade.

(5) For the purposes of sub-section (4), where an artistic work incorporates
the olympic symbol, the artistic work (if any) that would result from the
omission of the olympic symbol from the first-mentioned artistic work shall be
taken to be the public domain version of the first-mentioned artistic work.

(6) Where, by virtue of this section, it is not an infringement of the
copyright in an artistic work to apply a particular design to an article at a
particular time, it is not an infringement of the copyright in the artistic
work to do any of the following acts or things at that time:

   (a)  import into Australia any article to which the design has been
        applied;

   (b)  sell, offer or keep for sale, or hire, or offer or keep for hire, any
        article to which the design has been applied.