C15 - Intellectual Property

University Compliance Owner: Shanti Berggren, General Counsel

For advice on this legislation as it relates to the commercialisation of research, contract research or consultancies, please contact Research Legal Services.

For all other advice, contact the Designated Specialist Officers in the table below.

Tier Act Purpose DSO*
2 Circuit Layouts Act 1989 (Cth)

An Act to provide for the protection of certain layouts for integrated circuits, and for related purposes.

Shanti Berggren
General Counsel

2 Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)

An Act relating to copyright and the protection of certain performances, and for other purposes.

Will Rossiter
Coordinator Copyright & Licensing, University Library

2 Designs Act 2003 (Cth)

An Act relating to designs, and for related purposes.

Shanti Berggren
General Counsel
2 Patents Act 1990 (Cth)

An Act relating to patents of inventions.

Shanti Berggren
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General Counsel
3 Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 (Cth)

An Act to provide for the granting of proprietary rights to breeders of certain new varieties of plants and fungi, to repeal the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987, and for related purposes

Shanti Berggren
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General Counsel
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Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth)

An Act relating to trade marks.

This Act provides for the registration of trade marks, collective trade marks, certification trade marks and defensive trade marks and sets out and protects the rights deriving from registration. This Act conforms with the minimum standards and principles prescribed for trade marks in the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization.

Ben McKay
Legal Counsel

DSO* = Designated Specialist Officer