[ANU Pacific.Institute] SSGM Seminar | The winds of change: evolution and flux in intellectual property rights models at global and local levels | 30 September

[Joel Nilon]

Colleagues & Friends,

Please be aware of the following upcoming SSGM seminar:

The Winds of Change: Evolution & Flux in Intellectual Property Rights Models at Global & Local Levels
Dr Miranda Forsyth - State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Program
3 - 4pm Tuesday 30 September
Lecture Theatre 2, Hedley Bull Centre (130) Corner of Garran Rd & Liversidge St, ANU

Abstract: This seminar will examine the current debates and stimulants for change around intellectual property rights models at both a global level and at local and regional levels in the Pacific islands region. This discussion will be anchored in a case study of sustainable sea transport (a concept that encompasses a range of vessels from canoes to container ships), which responds to one of the most intractable developmental problems facing Oceanic countries. It will destabilise the idea that there is only one model of intellectual property (the global proprietary rights model), and instead demonstrate that there are multiple models that are currently both in existence and being created, including customary systems and open source approaches.

Further, it will discuss how the applicability of these models are closely linked with the particular visions of development at play. Finally the paper will show how there are overlapping debates occurring at both global and local levels about the appropriate balance between restricting access to intangible resources, such as knowledge and technology, and ensuring that those resources can be widely shared. As such, we see that many of the concerns surrounding local bodies of knowledge, such as those concerned with celestial navigation and canoe rig design, overlap with global debates concerning emerging bodies of knowledge and technology, such as biogas auxillary motors and solar panel sails.

About the Presenter: Miranda Forsyth is a Fellow at SSGM in the College of Asia and Pacific at ANU. In February 2011 she commenced a three year ARC Discovery funded project to investigate the impact of intellectual property laws on development in Pacific Island countries. Prior to coming to the ANU, Miranda was a senior lecturer in criminal law at the law school of the University of the South Pacific, based in Port Vila, Vanuatu for eight years.

Regards,

Joel Nilon
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
School of International, Political and Strategic Studies
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

+61 2 6125 8394
http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/ssgm/



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