Governing crop genetics: How to untie the knot of ownership, control and circulation of suitable seeds - Dr. Kamalesh Adhikari 22 October 2021, 10:00 – 13:00 CEST - FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTEChallenges and options of Gene Banks from the Local to the Global Level Kamalesh Adhikari (SAWTEE): The Role of IntellectualProperty in Shaping the History and Practices of Community Seed Banks...
Professor Jack Kloppenburg Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Date and time: 9 AM, 22 February 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Watch the recorded lecture: https://law.uq.edu.au/event/session/17624 For 40 years now the users and suppliers of agricultural biodiversity have traded charges of highway robbery. Seed companies demand that purchasers of their seed pay a royalty and respect the...
Professor Daniel Kevles Yale University Date and time: 9 AM, 18 October 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Location: Online Lecture via Zoom Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/277289669867 Abstract In the United States through the 1830s, commercial fruit nurseries were few in number, served largely local markets, and, facing little competition, did little in their catalogues to differentiate and brand their...
Associate Professor Jane Anderson New York University Associate Professor Maui Hudson University of Waikato Date and time: 5 PM, 17 May 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Location: Online Lecture via Zoom Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/supporting-indigenous-data-people-plants-and-the-law-lecture-series-registration-277270071247 Abstract Concerns over Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous rights under the Nagoya Protocol underpin the development and application of Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural...
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/artificial-by-nature-people-plants-and-the-law-lecture-series-registration-277282638837 Abstract In March 1961, the refusal of entry of a ‘Sweetheart Roses’ consignment into the United States began a series of interesting controversies concerning the copyright in plastic roses, geraniums, lilacs, and flower corsages. Although the history of these cases remains largely unexplored, this paper shows how significant they were in addressing the unstable distinction between the natural...