AI and Technology Lawyers for Australian Business
Your designer uses image generators. Your developers code with AI assistants. Your team drafts with chatbots, and your suppliers are quietly doing the same. AI has moved into Australian businesses far faster than their contracts, policies and terms have caught up. We help you close that gap at fixed fees.
What can our AI and technology lawyers help with?
- AI clauses in your contracts. Client agreements, service agreements and supplier terms that deal squarely with AI use: who may use it, for what, with whose data, and who owns the output.
- Terms for AI and tech products. If you sell software or AI-powered services, we draft the SaaS agreements, MSAs and terms of use that protect you as the supplier.
- AI use policies. A practical internal policy for how your team may use AI tools, so client confidentiality and quality control don’t depend on guesswork.
- Reviewing AI tools before you adopt them. We read the vendor’s terms so you know what happens to your data (and your clients’ data) before you sign up.
We wrote about the practical risks in our article on the top 3 risks of AI in business.
Why do AI arrangements need their own legal attention?
Three reasons come up in almost every matter:
- Ownership of output. Australian copyright law protects works created by human authors. Where content is generated wholly by AI, ownership is genuinely uncertain, and a contract that simply says “the client owns all IP” may not deliver what it promises. The fix is drafting that deals with AI output specifically.
- Confidentiality. Information typed into public AI tools may leave your control. If that information is a client’s, you may be breaching your own confidentiality obligations without realising.
- Responsibility for errors. AI output can be wrong. Your contracts should make clear who checks it, who relies on it, and who carries the risk when it misfires.
Who do we act for?
- Agencies, consultants and creators using AI to deliver client work.
- Software and AI product businesses that need supplier-side terms: see our IT, SaaS and software services.
- Online businesses adopting AI tools in their operations: see our online shop and app legals.
How does it work?
- Tell us how AI touches your business: what you use, what you sell, what worries you.
- Get a fixed fee quote upfront for exactly the documents or advice you need.
- Engage us electronically and we start straight away.
- Get your legals, usually within 5 working days per document, in plain English.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns work created with AI?
It depends on how the work was created. Content with genuine human authorship can be protected by copyright in the usual way; output generated wholly by an AI tool may not be owned by anyone under current Australian law. That’s why modern contracts deal with AI output expressly rather than relying on standard IP clauses.
Does my business need an AI policy?
If your team uses AI tools in client work, yes. A short, practical policy prevents the two expensive mistakes: confidential information going into public tools, and unchecked AI output going out under your name.
Can my staff put client information into ChatGPT or similar tools?
Not without checking first. Depending on the tool’s settings and terms, the information may be stored, reviewed or used for training outside your control, which can put you in breach of confidentiality obligations and privacy law. This is exactly what an AI use policy sorts out.
Do you advise AI startups?
Yes. We act for technology suppliers, including AI product businesses, on their customer terms, MSAs and commercial contracts.
Get ahead of the AI gap
Tell us how your business uses or sells AI, and we’ll tell you exactly what needs attention, with a fixed fee quote before any work starts. Book a free consultation.
