Author: Matthew Rimmer

Sustainable Innovation: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Global Public Goods

QUT News, 22 February 202422nd February 2024The role of intellectual property rights in technology transfer to developing countries and least developed countries to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a major...

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Misleading environmental marketing messages need regulation – A submission to the Australian Senate inquiry into greenwashing

[QUT] Australia needs a new, independent regulatory body and specific offences, penalties and remedies to curb deceptive ‘greenwashing’ marketing claims after the ACCC found the practice was rife among Australian companies… QUT law Professor Matthew Rimmer made the call in a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Inquiry into “greenwashing … and legislative options to protect consumers”. Professor Rimmer said Australia’s current regime for regulating greenwashing was fragmented and fractured. “It is split across consumer law, competition policy, corporations law, advertising standards, and intellectual property,” he said. “Australia needs a regulatory body, with specialist knowledge, to address misleading and deceptive environmental claims. There should be proper enforcement against the scourge of greenwashing in Australia.”

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The TRIPS Waiver: Intellectual Property, Access to Essential Medicines, and the Coronavirus COVID-19

This research event focused upon the geopolitical debate over access to essential medicines during the coronavirus public health crisis. I brought together researchers, experts and scholars working in the field of access to essential medicines — ranging through the disciplines of intellectual property, public health law, human rights, international law, and trade law.

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Copyright Law and the Creative Industries – QUT Faculty of Law – 29 October 2020

[Research Symposium, QUT Faculty of Law, 29 October 2020] This event focused upon copyright law and the creative industries. It brought together legal scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners; creative artists from an array of disciplines; as well as theorists of new media and digital technologies. The event considered the origins of copyright law, policy, and practice. Speakers explored their recent historical work about the foundation and evolution of copyright law and policy.

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QUT Forum on Access to Essential Medicines — 15 February 2017

This forum was hosted by the QUT Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program and the Australian Centre for Health Law Research in the QUT Faculty of Law to coincide with the visit of the Hon. Michael Kirby to the QUT Faculty of Law. It assessed and evaluated the recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Access to Medicines. Access to medicines is a critical issue in respect of infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, the SARS virus, Ebola, and the Zika virus. There have been a number of obstacles and barriers in respect of access to medicines — including the high prices caused by monopolies, and the absence of appropriate treatments for neglected diseases.

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Open Innovation: A QUT Research Symposium

Open Innovation: A QUT Research Symposium, Presented by QUT Faculty of Law Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program. Thursday, 24 October 2019 … This research symposium is dedicated to the topic of open innovation. This event will provide a focal point for Open Access Week in Brisbane, Queensland for 2019. The theme for Open Access Week is ‘Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge’.

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