This chapter considers the role of patent law in respect of geoengineering. Intellectual Ventures has developed a large portfolio of patents in this area. A number of other private and public entities have also filed patents in the field of geoengineering. In light of the recent precedents of...

This chapter considers the relationship between intellectual property, and advanced biofuels against the background of larger public policy concerns about food security, energy transition, sustainable development, and climate change. It provides a case study of the partnership between Synthetic...

This chapter considers the role of open innovation makerspaces in the construction of prosthetics in light of the broader ambition of promoting sustainable development – particularly in respect of health-care. In terms of its methodology, this project has relied upon qualitative interviews...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYRecommendation 1The Queensland Government should renew its Queensland Hackerspaces Grant program to further support makerspaces, fab labs, and hackerspaces in Queensland.Recommendation 2The Queensland Government should expand its existing Advanced Manufacturing Hubs, and add new...

Patent law provides exclusive rights to exploit scientific inventions, which are novel, inventive, and useful. The regime is intended to promote innovation, investment in research and development, and access to scientific information. In recent times, there have been concerns that the patent...