Introduction: We report our mixed-methods investigation of publishers' licensing practices, which affect the books public libraries can offer for e-lending.Method: We created unique datasets recording pricing, availability and licence terms for sampled titles offered by e-book aggregators to...

This Submission by nine intellectual property academics responds to the Draft Report in the Inquiry into IP Arrangements published by the Australian Productivity Commission on 29 April 2016 ('Draft Report').In broad terms, the submission supports many of the goals of, and recommendations of, the...

This submission to the Australia Productivity Commission responds to a recently published PricewaterhouseCoopers report on Understanding the Costs and Benefits of Introducing a ‘Fair Use' Exception, prepared for APRA, AMCOS, PPCA, Copyright Agency | Viscopy, Foxtel, News Corp Australia and...

This paper is concerned with international developments in intellectual property enforcement and, in particular, with increasingly specific provisions found in international instruments relating to civil procedure in IP. Apart from highlighting the need for academic attention to the trend, the...

This paper is part of an international collaborative project led by Rebecca Giblin & Kimberlee Weatherall. The premise of the project is this: what if we could start with a blank slate, and write ourselves a brand new copyright system? If we could design a law, from scratch, to encourage...

This paper provides an overview of the history of intellectual property laws in Australia and New Zealand, and directions into existing and emerging scholarship in this area. It discusses the swings and roundabouts of convergence and divergence in copyright, patent and trade mark legislation and...

Consumer confusion lies at the heart of most actions for trade mark infringement. Statistically objective surveys are the most scientific way to get generalisable evidence about what consumers think and whether there is a case for confusion or potential confusion. However, only one in ten...

In Roadshow Films v iiNet the Australian High Court will consider whether an Internet Service Provider (ISP) can be held liable for authorising copyright infringements committed by its subscribers. The case has significant ramifications for the regulation of the internet in Australia and may...

The issue of private copying, and how it fits with copyright law, has hit front and centre of the current copyright exceptions review. While copying is widespread, and iPods are popular, under current Australian copyright law, almost all private copying - including time-shifting and...