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Intellectual Property Law
This guide contains links to
Internet resources and documents in the area of federal intellectual property
law, as well as providing links to other guides and directories which
contain material on State and Territory and overseas law.
- Advisory Council on Intellectual
Property
Established in 1994 the Council advises the Federal
Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources on intellectual property
matters and the strategic administration of IP Australia. The site includes
documents relating to several reviews on IP conducted by the Council
- Asia
Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute (APIPLI) (Murdoch University)
- Attorney-General's
Department Copyright Law Branch
- Audio Visual Copyright Society (Screenrights)
The copyright collecting agency for copyright holders in films and television
programmes
- Australasian Performing Right Association
(APRA)
The copyright collecting society for music writers and publishers
- Australian Digital Alliance
A non-profit coalition of public and private sector interests formed
to promote balanced copyright law and provide an effective voice for
a public interest perspective in the copyright debate
- Australian Copyright Council
A Comprehensive site containing links to legislation, treaties and other
copyright organisations. Included are very useful Information Sheets
providing information on copyright and particular publications eg music,
recipes, house plans, computer software etc
- Australian
Libraries and Information Association (ALIA) Copyright Service
- Australian Libraries Copyright
Committee
The main consultative body and policy forum for the discussion of copyright
issues affecting Australian libraries and archives
- Business Software Association of
Australia
Select "Media" for information and court action regarding
software piracy
- Copyright Agency Ltd
A copyright management company which administers the right to reproduce
copyright holders' works and the right to communicate their work to
the public
- Copyright
Law Review Committee
Abolished 2005. Includes full text reports on copyright law reform published
by the Committee from 1959-2005
- Department
of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Digital Content
Branch
- Department of Industry, Tourism
and Resources
DITR administers the Designs Act 1906 and the Trade Marks
Act 1995
- Gilbert and Tobin (Law Firm)
Select "Publications", then "Intellectual Property"
for briefing notes on current intellectual property matters
- Intellectual
Property and Competition Review Committee (Ergas Committee)
An independent Committee to review the impact of the intellectual property
laws on competition. The texts of an Issues paper (1999), an
interim report (April 2000) and final report (December 2000) are on
this site. Includes links to the government's response
- Intellectual
Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA)
Established in 2002, IPRIA is a national centre for multi-disciplinary
research on law, economics and management of intellectual property and
is based at the University of Melbourne
- IP Australia (formerly Australian
Industrial Property Organisation)
Administers patent, trade mark, design and plant breeder's rights applications
- Licensing Executive Society –
Australia and New Zealand
An international non-profit professional society whose members are actively
involved in professional and business activities concerned with transfer
of technology and industrial or intellectual property rights
- Patents on Line Australia
– IP Services – commercial site
For further items, search the
Parlinfo database and
select Library for journal articles, books and library publications,
and Media for newspaper articles and media releases. Although
full text searchable, for copyright reasons some material on Parlinfo
may be available only to those using the Parliament House computer network.
Encyclopedias
Journals
Articles, reports etc
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2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
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1999
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1996
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Weblogs
- via
WEBLAW
Detailed and well-structured guide to Internet resources (from Murdoch
University).
- via AUSTLII
- via IP Menu – Phillips Ormonde
& Fitzpatrick (Australian and New Zealand Patent and Trade Mark
Attorneys). This also has good links to overseas sites
Links to Overseas Intellectual Property Law Sites
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