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There's a risk Australia won't get access to everything it will need need. It can take are simple stepsto make sure patents don't get in the way.
Drug companies normally use patents to protect new treatments.
For Nollywood to fully compete at the global level, it should adopt a smart, proactive approach.
Fewer books will be available to South Africans, and the books remaining under copyright will be more expensive, if the country gives in to US pressure to extend its copyright term.
The defacing of a new Banksy mural in Bristol has raised some interesting legal questions.
Bigger penalties for pirating plants could help encourage growers to develop new varieties.
The message to foreign firms is that you've got at least as good a chance of winning in a Chinese court as in your own country.
Banksy's legal team has won an action to stop unauthorised products featuring his work alongside an Italian museum exhibition.
The Conversation played host to really important new ideas in 2018. Some will take years to develop. Others will never come to fruition. But they're important.
Intelligence officials in many countries are concerned the company could be helping the Chinese government spy on companies, military units and government agencies.
Sharing seeds was common practice among farmers throughout history until the rise of agribusiness. Now seeds are trademarked and regulated, but there's a new place to get them for free: the library.
The USMCA, if ratified, will fundamentally alter North America’s political and economic structures, increasing American dominance over its neighbours.
Individual creators get too small a share of copyright's rewards. What Bryan Adams is proposing in Canada could also work in Australia to help authors get paid and keep works available to the public.
The EU has repeatedly placed great emphasis on the protection of geographical names like champagne and parmesan during trade negotiations.
We need to make monopoly tech firms more open like the internet itself.
The Trump administration’s plans to restrict visas for Chinese students to curtail intellectual property theft may be necessary, but could also scare away talent, a U.S-China relations expert warns.
Information extracted from copyrighted material should not be seen as an infringement. Such analytical use is good for society.
If companies in key industries collectively shunned the Chinese market, that would force China's leaders to take notice, with less risk of blowback.
Unfair competition law offers a more effective, targeted strategy to persuade China to play by the rules.
Top contributors
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor and Associate Dean (Research) The University of Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Associate Vice President for Academic Partnerships and Innovation, Clemson University
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Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW
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Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Scholar Emeritus in the School of Public Health & Human Biosciences, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Policy Officer at IP Australia, Monash University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Sydney
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, University of Western Australia
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Professor of Economics, Australian National University
