What happened after artists such as Michael Jackson, J.D. Salinger and Franz Kafka died suggests it’ll be hard to keep Prince’s unpublished work out of the public eye, regardless of his wishes.
Rosy periwinkle, found in Madagascar, is used in treating some kinds of cancer.
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Traditional knowledge that drives indigenous communities’ innovation in agriculture, medicine and conservation is not protected by existing international law.
Fire up the turntables, because you’re not going to hear much Prince online.
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Gifted musician, peerless showman – and fierce protector of his copyrighted work. Prince fought battles that changed the direction of the music industry and are helping the next generation of artists.
The government has agreed to the Harper competition review recommendation on parallel imports on books, but there’s still a long way to go on IP reform.
To remain globally competitive, Australia must focus on skills, knowledge and ideas to create the conditions for innovation.
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Knowledge and ideas and their application are the key to creating the conditions for the level of innovation Australia needs to build its comparative advantage.
Australia’s risks losing its valuable native plants that could help solve a global food problem. So do we need new laws to stop the seeds being taken overseas?
How many of these are still protected by copyright?
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Copyright lasts the life of the author plus 70 years before it enters the public domain. But the author and their family are often not the beneficiary. Perhaps it’s time for shrink that term.
Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb has been busy signing deals this year.
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What can Australia expect from the Trans-Pacific Partnership? We asked experts about to nominate some winners and losers.
Representatives of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries at a press conference in Atlanta, after a deal was reached.
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Before the last round of negotiations, only a handful of issues remained in the way of concluding the TPP. A potential deal-breaker for Australia was intellectual property protections for biologics.
Intellectual property laws, 19th-century legislation struggling for relevance in the 21st century, are well overdue for reform.
A former employee of Vodacom has taken the cell phone group to South Africa’s highest court. He claims to have invented the popular “Please Call Me” service but never got paid for it.
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Vodacom’s battle with its former employee over the “Please Call Me” service brings home global disputes over intellectual property rights. Do South African laws adequately protect innovators?
Treasurer Joe Hockey has asked the Productivity Commission to review intellectual property.
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When academics come up with a viable innovation, they need to figure out the best way to protect their intellectual property if they’re going to bring it to market. Patents aren’t always the answer.
Now that’s inventive! Spotted at Toowoomba’s Carnival of Flowers.
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When asked in 1977 what he would do now that Elvis was dead, his manager Colonel Parker allegedly replied: “Why, I’ll just go right on managing him!”. In Parker’s mind, neither Elvis’ name, image, likeness…
Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law; Director Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Managament (CIPPM), Bournemouth University, Bournemouth University