Alalääkkölä v Palmer - [2025] 1 NZLR 1

Relationship property — Copyright — Copyrights in artworks — Division of relationship property — Valuation — Artworks created during marriage — Copyrights as relationship property — Treatment of artwork and copyright in relationship property settlement — Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ss 2, 4A, 8(1)(e), 9A(2) and 18(1)(d).

Intellectual property — Copyright — Artworks — Relationship property — Artistic works created by wife during marriage — Whether copyright “property” for purposes of relationship property legislation — Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ss 2, 4A and 8(1)(e).