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IPRIA's work involves the release of various publications exploring the different facets of intellectual property, including working papers, journal articles, reports and occasional papers. IPRIA is also actively involved in the formation of public policy, with regular submissions to law reform bodies, as well as reports for departments of the Commonwealth government on law reform issues. |
The Management of Intellectual Property
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A new book edited by Derek Bosworth, Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester and Senior Research Associate, Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, St Peter’s College, Oxford, UK and Elizabeth Webster, Principal Research Fellow, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia and
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Australia
This book brings together innovative contributions on the management of intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights by an esteemed and multi-disciplinary group of economists, management scientists, accountants and lawyers. |
Legal primer on Cultural Institutions, Law and Indigenous Knowledge
On Friday 16 June 2006, a launch event was held in Canberra for the project 'Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property: Access, Ownership and Control of Cultural Materials'. This is a collaborative project between IPRIA and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
One of the main outputs of this project is a legal primer directed to cultural institutions that hold Indigenous cultural materials: 'Cultural Institutions, Law and Indigenous Knowledge: A Legal Primer on the Management of Australian Indigenous Collections', by Emily Hudson.
Bound copies of the Primer can be purchased for $22 each using the order form here - The Primer is also available for download (3.25MB), for free, by clicking here.
A workshop for cultural institutions was held at the State Library of Victoria on Monday 19 June 2006 dealing with legal and ethical aspects of Indigenous collection management. Presentations are available for:
Emily Hudson, 'Law, Ethics and Ownership: The Why and the How of the Primer'
Moira Paterson, 'Privacy, Freedom of Information and Cultural Institutions'
Kim Weatherall, 'Constructing a Database of Indigenous materials: The Legal Issues'
Further presentations and project outputs will be available shortly here.
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Digitisation Guidelines
Many activities performed by museums, galleries and libraries raise copyright issues - particularly those involving digital technologies. This is because cultural institutions generally do not own copyright in the items they possess, and yet many activities they wish to perform (such as digitisations and publishing material online) are exclusive rights of the copyright owner. This means that they are at rish of infringing copyright - unless a copyright exception applies, or they have a licence from the copyright owner. The aim of the guidelines is to help facilitate understanding of copyright law by staff and volunteers of cultural institutions. There are two versions of the guidelines:
Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Short Guidelines for Digitisation
by Emily Hudson and Andrew T Kenyon. This publication aims to assist readers understand the general structure of copyright law and identify the circumstances in which digitisation may infringe copyright.
Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitisation
by Emily Hudson and Andrew T Kenyon. This publication supplements the short version, and discusses law and rights management in greater detail, including an overview of the structure of copyright law, in-depth analysis about the content of particular rules, and illustration of the operation of those rules using case studies and hypotheticals.
Bound copies of the long form guidelines are available for purchase from the Centre for Media and Communications Law using this order form. Digital copies can be downloaded freely using the links above.
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"Assessing Australia's Innovative Capacity in the 21st Century".
This report by Professor Joshua Gans (Melbourne Business School and Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne) and Associate Professor Scott Stern (Kellog School of Management Northwestern University), identifies the key factors that determine a nation's capacity for innovation and presents new findings about the drivers of global innovation in advanced nations. Click here to see the report. |
New
publications Bulletin
IPRIA's free publications Bulletin advises
subscribers of new publications posted on IPRIA's web site.
To view the latest edition of the Publications Bulletin, click here. To subscribe
to the free Bulletin, click here.
International
Developments Bulletin
IPRIA’s International Developments
Bulletin is sent to subscribers via email approximately every
3 months. It contains details of the latest updates to IPRIA’s
International
Developments web page, which summarises the latest IP
news from WIPO, WTO, EU, OECD, UNESCO, WHO and the Hague Conference
on Private International Law Activities.
To view the latest edition of the
International Developments Bulletin, click here. To subscribe
to the free Bulletin, click here.
To access IPRIA’s International Developments web site,
click here.
Australian
Developments Bulletin
IPRIA’s Australian Developments Bulletin
is sent to subscribers via email approximately every 3 months.
It contains details of the latest updates to IPRIA’s
Australian
Developments web page, which summarises the latest IP
legislative and policy developments within Australia.
To view the latest edition of the
Australian Developments Bulletin, click here. To subscribe
to the free Bulletin, click here.
To access IPRIA’s Australian Developments web site,
click here.
IPRIA
news
IPRIA news provides
information on the current and future research projects of
IPRIA, staff, upcoming events and publications.
Annual
Reports
IPRIA Annual Reports contain details of
IPRIA's activities, publications and projects. To view a
PDF
file of the most recent Annual Report (2005-6), click
here
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