This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to apply legal principles in intellectual property law matters. It covers maintaining control over the copyright owner’s work, commercialising copyright material, preventing the unauthorised use of an original work and using other party’s original work legitimately.The unit applies to individuals who provide support in a range of legal service settings with a degree of responsibility to plan and complete investigations.It also applies to people who may be authors, creators or other owners of works covered by copyright, as well as employees who have a role in ensuring that their organisational copyright is protected and/or that their organisation uses others’ copyright appropriately to benefit the organisation without infringing the rights of copyright owners. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.