Legal Fact Sheets

Our legal fact sheets

These are Legal Fact Sheets, developed specifically for the Native Foods Industry.

1. What is Intellectual Property?
2. Plant Breeder’s Rights
3. What is a Patent?
4. What is a Trade Mark?
5. Certification Trade Marks
6. What is Copyright?
7. Moral Rights for Researchers
8. What is Confidential Information?
9. Trade Secrets
10. Indigenous Intellectual Property
11. Key International Treaties for Plant Genetic Resources
12. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
13. What are Farmers’ Rights
14. Access to Genetic Resources under the Convention on Biological Diversity
15. Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing
16. The Legal Regulation of Biodiscovery in Australia
17. Disclosure of Origin
18. End Point Royalties
19. Closed Loop Contracts
20. Consequences of Breach of Contract
21. Intellectual Property Remedies
22. Copyright, Open Access and Translation for Scientific and Academic Research
23. Freedom to Operate
24. The Legal regulation of Biodiscovery in Queensland Fact Sheet
25. The Legal Regulation of the Use of Traditional Knowledge in Queensland
26. The Legal Regulation of Access to Native Biological resources in the Commonwealth Areas
27. The Legal Regulation of Biodiscovery in the Northern Territory
28. Certificate of Compliance with the Nagoya Protocol
29. Section 19 Land Use Agreements in the Northern Territory
30. Free Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous People
31. Benefit Sharing with Indigenous People
32. Wild Harvesting Australian Native Plants