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The Race To Patent The Sars Virus: The Trips Agreement And Access To Essential Medicines, Matthew Rimmer
The Race To Patent The Sars Virus: The Trips Agreement And Access To Essential Medicines, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
This article considers the race to sequence the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus ('the SARS virus') in light of the debate over patent law and access to essential medicines. Part II evaluates the claims of public research institutions in Canada, the United States, and Hong Kong, and commercial companies, to patent rights in respect of the SARS virus. It highlights the dilemma of 'defensive patenting' - the tension between securing private patent rights and facilitating public disclosure of information and research. Part III considers the race to patent the SARS virus in light of wider policy debates over gene patents. …
Canadian Rhapsody: Copyright Law And Research Libraries, Matthew Rimmer
Canadian Rhapsody: Copyright Law And Research Libraries, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
Australian Icons: Authenticity Marks And Identity Politics, Matthew Rimmer
Australian Icons: Authenticity Marks And Identity Politics, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
This article evaluates the adoption and implementation of an Indigenous certification trademark system in Australia. Section II considers the use of copyright law, moral rights provisions and consumer protection laws to protect Indigenous cultural property in Australia. It suggests that there needs to be additional protection under trademark law - especially to deal with problems concerning communal ownership, material form and duration of protection. Section III evaluates the efficacy of the scheme for marks of authenticity established by the National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association in November 1999. It contends that there were practical problems with the implementation of the scheme …
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement 2004 And The Copyright Term Extension. A Submission To The Senate Select Committee., Matthew Rimmer
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement 2004 And The Copyright Term Extension. A Submission To The Senate Select Committee., Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
Gossip We Can Trust: Defamation Law And Non-Fiction, Matthew Rimmer
Gossip We Can Trust: Defamation Law And Non-Fiction, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
Patents And Experimental Use: A Submission To The Advisory Council On Intellectual Property., Matthew Rimmer, Krishna Rajendra
Patents And Experimental Use: A Submission To The Advisory Council On Intellectual Property., Matthew Rimmer, Krishna Rajendra
Matthew Rimmer
As part of its policy activities, ACIPA hosted a symposium, "Freedom To Tinker: Patent Law and Scientific Research", on the 19th March 2004. This symposium considered whether Australian patent law should have a defence for research use, and, if so, what its scope should be. It explored the impact of such an exemption upon a number of important industries - such as agriculture, biotechnology, health care, and information technology. It also examined the repercussions of such a defence for universities, research organisations, and educational institutions.Strikingly, there has a great deal of consensus amongst the government speakers at the symposium. Mr …
'Moral Rights And Their Application To Australia: A Book Review' (2004) 32 (2) The Federal Law Review 331-336, Matthew Rimmer
'Moral Rights And Their Application To Australia: A Book Review' (2004) 32 (2) The Federal Law Review 331-336, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
In Moral Rights and Their Application in Australia, Maree Sainsbury offers a summary of the new moral rights regime established in Australia in 2000. It is a decent guide and handbook to moral rights for legal practitioners, the authors of copyright work, and the users of copyright material. As the author notes:
"The Australian moral rights legislation impacts on the rights and obligations of many people in diverse circumstances, from the creator of a highly unique work of art to the designer of a web site incorporating factual information or graphics which someone else has created. Any person creating or …