Historical document
Maximising the benefits of intellectual property for the Australian horticultural industry (HG04020)
Publication date: May 1, 2007
Delivery Partner: The University of Queensland
This is a final research report from Hort Innovation’s historical archives. Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.
The Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA) received funding from Hort Innovation (which was then Horticulture Australia Limited) for a project beginning in February 2005 and ending in May 2007. The project aimed to maximise the benefits of intellectual property for Australian horticulture industries by addressing the general lack of knowledge about the role that intellectual property law played, and had the potential to play, in the industry.
The key components of the project included:
The key outcomes of the project included:
This project clearly demonstrated that there was a strong demand for further intellectual property education and training for the horticulture industries. The recommendations of this project were that there be ongoing education and training including targeted grower Intellectual Property Seminars, high-level Intellectual Property Master Classes and In-house Intellectual Property training for the then Horticulture Australia Limited staff.
This historical project was a strategic investment funded by Hort Innovation
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