Appropriate Institutional Settings

This research aims to enable the settings of Australia’s policy, budgeting, legal and regulatory frameworks to provide the optimal level of innovation for economic growth and social well-being.

Questions

• What is the effect of the current system of intellectual property rights on innovation?
• How does the current taxation system impede the commercialisation of intellectual property?
• How does Australian Patent Office practice compare with major international offices and with regional offices?
• What is ‘quality’ in patent examination, and is it being obtained?
• What are the outcomes of IP litigation in Australia?

Completed Projects

Working Papers

01/06 - Chris Dent, Decision-Making and Quality in the Patent Examination Process:An Australian Exploration

20/05 - Emma Caine and Andrew F. Christie, A Quantitative Analysis of Australian Law and Policy-Making Since Federation

15/05 - Emily Hudson and Andrew T Kenyon, Communication in the Digital Environment: An empirical study into copyright law and digitisation practices in public museums, galleries and libraries

14/05 -Kimberlee Weatherall, A Comment on the Copyright Exceptions Review and Private Copying

13/05 - Jason Bosland, The Culture of Trade Marks: An Alternative Cultural Theory Perspective

09/05 - Alfons Palangkaraya, Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, Determinants of International Patent Examination Outcomes

07/05 - Kimberlee G. Weatherall and Paul H. Jensen, An Empirical Investigation Into Patent Enforcement in Australian Courts (May 2005)

06/05 - Paul Jensen, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster, Patent Application Outcomes Across the Trilateral Patent Offices (May 2005)

03/05 – Amanda S.Y. Lim and Andrew F. Christie, Reach-through Patent Claims in Biotechnology: An Analysis of the Examination Practices of the United States, European and Japanese Patent Offices (March 2005).

02/05 –Miranda Stewart, Venture Capital Taxation in Australia and New Zealand (March 2005).

01/05 – Andrew F. Christie and Eloise Dias, The New Right of Communication in Australia (February 2005).

17/04 – Kimberlee Weatherall, On Technology Locks and The Proper Scope of Digital Copyright Laws – SONY in the High Court (December 2004).

15/04 - Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, Achieving the Optimal Power of Patent Rights

14/04 - Nisvan Erkal, On The Interaction Between Patent Policy and Trade Secret Policy

12/04 - Saba Elkman and Andrew F. Christie, Regulating Private Copying of Musical Works: Lessons from the U.S. Audio Home Recording Act of 1992

11/04 – Emily Hudson and Sophie Waller, Droit de Suite Down Under: Should Australia Introduce a Resale Royalties Scheme for Visual Artists? (September 2004).

10/04 – Saba Elkman, The Research Exemption to Patent Infringement: A Doctrine In Search of a Principle (September 2004).

07/04 – Joshua Gans and Stephen King, Patent Length and the Timing of Innovative Activity (July 2004).

04/04 – Katerina Gaita and Andrew F. Christie, Principle or Compromise?: Understanding the Original Thinking Behind Statutory Licence and Levy Schemes For Private Copying (May 2004).

02/04 – Owen J. Morgan, Protecting Indigenous Signs and Trade Marks Under The New Zealand Trade Marks Act 2002 (February 2004).

01/04 – Joshua Gans, Stephen P. King and Ryan Lampe, Patent Renewal Fees and Self-Funding Patent Offices (January 2004).

11/03 - Nisvan Erkal, The Decision to Patent, Cumulative Innovation, and Optimal Policy

10/03 – Owen J. Morgan, The Protection of National Icons Under the Trade Marks Act 1995 (October 2003).

09/03 – Melanie Howlett and Andrew F. Christie, An Analysis of The Approaches Of The Trilateral and Australian Patent Offices to Patenting Partial DNA Sequences (September 2003).

06/03 – Ryan Lampe and Anthony Niblett, The Economics of Patent Design: A Selective Survey (March 2003).

05/03 – Melanie Howlett and Andrew F. Christie, An Analysis of Approach of the European, Japanese and United States Patent Offices to Patenting Partial Gene Sequences (March 2004).

02/03 - Peter Eckersley, Virtual Markets for Virtual Goods: An Alternative Conception of Digital Copyright

07/02 – Joshua Gans, Phillip L. Williams and David Briggs, Intellectual Property Rights: a Grant of Monopoly or an aid to competition? (December 2002).

04/02 – Joshua Gans and Scott Stern, When does Funding Research by Smaller Firms bear Fruit? (October 2002).

Reports:

02/04 – Andrew F. Christie and Sarah L. Moritz, Australia’s Second-Tier Patent System: A Preliminary Review (December 2004; Revised April 2005).

Occasional Papers:

4/04 – Kimberlee Weatherall, Locked In: Australia Gets a Bad Intellectual Property Deal (December 2004).

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