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What Clients Need to Know, What Developers Protect, and How the ACCC Views Fair Agreements In recent years, more businesses have begun investing in custom apps, automations, and digital platforms to streamline operations and create competitive advantages. However, as custom development becomes more common, so do misunderstandings around intellectual property (IP) : who owns what, what “ownership” actually means, and what is commercially reasonable within the software industry

For years, businesses have relied on custom APIs to connect their systems. Complex, expensive, and often fragile pieces of code acted as translators between platforms. But the world is changing fast. The rise of smart connectors (like Make, n8n, and other adaptive middleware tools) is reshaping how integrations are built, managed, and scaled.