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dc.contributor.authorLawson, Charles
dc.contributor.editorPaula Baron and Allan Ardill
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:38:59Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:38:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-07-04T06:48:01Z
dc.identifier.issn10383441
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36729
dc.description.abstractBoth the Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 (Cth) and the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) establish schemes that grant exclusivity to some, but not other, biological organisms. The purpose of this article is to examine the interface between what ?plants', ?animals', ?algae' and ?fungi' are included and excluded from these schemes, addressing the epistemic rules of taxonomy (the classification of organisms) and the related nomenclature (the naming codes). The outcome of this analysis demonstrates that the existing conceptions of biological organisms in both statutory schemes are poorly articulated, but that a conception of suitably protectable biological organisms may be addressed through taxonomy and the naming codes. Significantly, however, taxonomy and the naming codes do not provide a definitive standard, though they may be a useful proxy for reducing organisms to the objects of law.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.703470178496103
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom472
dc.relation.ispartofpageto503
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGriffith Law Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume19
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCivil procedure
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode480502
dc.titleTaxonomic Conceptions of Algae, Animals, Fungi and Plants in Granting Intellectual Property Privileges
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Griffith Law School. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorLawson, Charles


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