Intellectual Property

The concept of exchanging learning resources across institutions has raised a number of issues relating to Intellectual Property and copyright. A detailed description of the Intellectual Property issues will soon be available on this site.

Until the Intellectual Property and copyright issues are clarified and documented, the process of exchange will have to be conducted through us in consultation with the original authors. This process will be further simplified once our document on Intellectual property is completed. If you wish to use any of the resources in your teaching, please contact us before doing so.

Dealing with IP – norms, common practices, protocol …

• IP Australia
  IP Australia is the federal government agency responsible for granting rights in patents, trade marks and designs.
  IP Australia incorporates the Patent, Designs and Trade Marks Offices. It is a division of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (ITR) but operates independently and reports directly to the Minister.
• Intellectual Property on the Internet: What's Wrong with Conventional Wisdom?
  “The growth of the Internet has put pressure on traditional intellectual property protections such as copyright and patent.”
  “Yet … this trend toward tighter intellectual property rights are not always appropriate, especially on the Internet. … The model suggests that both individual publishers and society more generally may benefit from weak intellectual property enforcement and protection in such an environment.”
  “Indeed, innovation is often sequential, where each creator improves improves on the work of the previous iteration.”
• World Intellectual Property Organisation
  With headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, WIPO is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations. It administers 23 international treaties dealing with different aspects of intellectual property protection.
• Basic principles for managing Intellectual Property in the digital environment
  “The following document was prepared by the Committee on Libraries and Intellectual Property of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) in an effort to build consensus within the educational community on the uses of copyrighted works in the digital environment.”