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IP Provocations
by Melbourne Law School
Patents are supposed to facilitate cutting edge science and innovation, and enable the spread of ideas and knowledge. But is that how they actually work in practice? Join hosts Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall as they explore this question with the help of brilliant guests from around the world.This podcast is a project of IPRIA, the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, with additional support from IP Australia, Melbourne Law School, and Sydney Law School. The show's music was composed and recorded by Nina Buchanan.
Episodes
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The wrap-up
In the season one finale of IP Provocations, we’re joined by barrister Amy Surkis to reflect on the series and ponder what we’ve learned. Amy is an expert IP barrister and was our stellar research assistant this season. We chat about what has surprised us and stuck with us from across the series....
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On Australia’s first inventors - and living sustainably together
In this very special episode of IP Provocations, Rebecca and Kim talk to Larissa Behrendt about First Nations innovation - and what we can learn from the people who lived sustainably in the land now known as Australia for over 65,000 years. Drawing upon the themes of Behrendt’s new documentary...
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Greed v Need: Does the patent system incentivise the right things? Part Two
In part 2 of this extended conversation with activist Achal Prabhala and the WTO’s Tony Taubman, we pick up where we left off, asking if the approach taken to the Medicines Patent Pool could also be used to drive our response to the climate emergency. We then tackle a host of thorny patent…
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Greed v Need: Does the patent system incentivise the right things? Part One
Our chat centres around the pharmaceutical industry. How are skewed incentives prioritising the lives of rich people over poor people? How is the patent system like high jumping? What impact is the UN’s Medicines Patent Pool having on equalising access to medicine? And are universities falling…
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Inventors are white men - or are they? Patents, race and gender
In 2022, just 1.8 per cent of Australian patent applications were by all-women teams, but half were all-male teams, according to research from Dr Vicki Huang. It’s a remarkable statistic. In this episode of IP Provocations, we dig into the question of who the system recognises as inventors, and…
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Is patent law writing cheques it can’t cash?
Welcome to IP Provocations! In this first episode, we drill experts Janet Freilich and John Liddicoat about the extent to which the promises patent law makes match up with what happens in practice. Is the system working as it’s supposed to? Are patents incentivising the types of innovation we…
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Teaser: IP Provocations Podcast - coming soon!
IP Provocations asks challenging and sometimes controversial questions about intellectual property, data, the world we live in AND the world we want to live in. Hosted by law professors Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall, this first season asks uncomfortable questions about patents. They’re...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Patents are supposed to facilitate cutting edge science and innovation, and enable the spread of ideas and knowledge. But is that how they actually work in practice? Join hosts Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall as they explore this question with the help of brilliant guests from around the world.This podcast is a project of IPRIA, the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, with additional support from IP Australia, Melbourne Law School, and Sydney Law School. The show's music was composed and recorded by Nina Buchanan.
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Patents are supposed to facilitate cutting edge science and innovation, and enable the spread of ideas and knowledge. But is that how they actually work in practice? Join hosts Rebecca Giblin and Kimberlee Weatherall as they explore this question with the help of brilliant guests from around the...
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