Overview
Background
Brad Sherman is a Professor of Law at The University of Queensland. Professor Sherman's previous academic positions include posts at Griffith University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Cambridge. His research expertise encompasses many aspects of intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on its historical, doctrinal and conceptual development. In 2015 Professor Sherman was awarded a highly prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. His laureate project Harnessing Intellectual Property to Build Food Security looks at the role of intellectual property in relation to food security. The research will help to maximise the benefits while minimising the costs of using IP protection to improve agricultural productivity and food security in Australia and the Asia Pacific.
Availability
- Professor Brad Sherman is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Research interests
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Intellectual Property
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Food Security
Works
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2009
Book Chapter
Patent Issues in Biotechnology
Bently, Lionel, Sherman, Brad and Hubicki, Stephen (2009). Patent Issues in Biotechnology. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. (pp. 1-5) Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005189.pub2
2009
Journal Article
Developments in Copyright: The Last 40 Years
Sherman, Bradley G. (2009). Developments in Copyright: The Last 40 Years. Copyright Reporter, 27 (4), 122-128.
2008
Journal Article
Taxonomic property
Sherman, Brad (2008). Taxonomic property. Cambridge Law Journal, 67 (3), 560-584. doi: 10.1017/S0008197308000676
2008
Book
Intellectual property law
Bently, Lionel and Sherman, Brad (2008). Intellectual property law. 3rd ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
2008
Journal Article
Copyright Protection for Indigenous Creations: Issues for the Future
Sherman, Bradley G. (2008). Copyright Protection for Indigenous Creations: Issues for the Future. Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, 19 (Special Feature), 191-220.
2007
Journal Article
Intellectual Property and Agricultural Biotechnology in Australia
Hubicki, Stephen and Sherman, Brad (2007). Intellectual Property and Agricultural Biotechnology in Australia. The Journal of Biolaw and Business, 10, 48-51.
2007
Journal Article
Organisms and manufactures: On the history of plant inventions
Sherman, B. G. and Pottage, A. (2007). Organisms and manufactures: On the history of plant inventions. Melbourne University Law Review, 31 (2), 539-568.
2006
Book Chapter
Towards an Indigenous Public Domain?
Sherman, B G and Wiseman, (2006). Towards an Indigenous Public Domain?. The Future of the Public Domain. (pp. 259-279) edited by Lucie Guibault and P. Bernt Hugenholtz. The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.
2006
Journal Article
The Impact of European Geographical Indication on National Rights in Member States
Sherman, B G and Bently, Lionel (2006). The Impact of European Geographical Indication on National Rights in Member States. The Trademark Reporter, 96 (4), 850-906.
2006
Book
The making of intellectual property: The British experience
Sherman, Brad and Bently, Lionel (2006). The making of intellectual property: The British experience. 2nd ed. Peking, China: Peking University Press.
2005
Journal Article
Regulating access and use of genetic resources: Intellectual property law and biodiscovery
Sherman, Brad (2005). Regulating access and use of genetic resources: Intellectual property law and biodiscovery. Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, 8 (August), 37-57.
2005
Journal Article
The killing fields: Intellectual property and genetic use restriction technologies
Hubicki, Stephen and Sherman, Brad (2005). The killing fields: Intellectual property and genetic use restriction technologies. Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal, 6 (3), 1-31.
2005
Journal Article
The Killing Fields: Intellectual Property and Genetic Use Restriction Technologies
Hubicki, S. and Sherman, B. G. (2005). The Killing Fields: Intellectual Property and Genetic Use Restriction Technologies. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 28 (3), 740-757.
2005
Book Chapter
Terminator Genes as Technical Protection Measures for Patents?
Hubicki, S. and Sherman, B. G. (2005). Terminator Genes as Technical Protection Measures for Patents?. New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Law. (pp. 267-291) edited by Christopher Heath and Anselm Kamperman Sanders. Oregon, USA: Hart Publishing.
2004
Book
Copyright
Brad Sherman and L Bently (2004). Copyright. 1st ed. St Petersburg: Yurideichesky Centre Press.
2004
Book
Право интеллектуальной собственности: Авторское право
Sherman, Bradley and Bently, Lionel (2004). Право интеллектуальной собственности: Авторское право. St Peterburg, Russia: Yurideichesky Center Press.
2004
Book
Intellectual property law
Bently, L. and Sherman, B. (2004). Intellectual property law. 2nd ed. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
2003
Book Chapter
Biological inventions and the problem of passive infringement
Sherman, B. (2003). Biological inventions and the problem of passive infringement. Industrial property in the bio-medical age. (pp. 105-115) edited by C. Heath and A. Kamperman Sanders. The Hague, Netherlands: Kluwer.
2003
Book
The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law (Arabic Translation)
Brad Sherman (2003). The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law (Arabic Translation). 1st ed. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
2003
Book Chapter
Copyright Law in Australia
Sherman, B. (2003). Copyright Law in Australia. International Copyright Law and Practice. (pp. xx-xx) edited by Paul Geller. New York: Bender.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Protection, access, and benefit sharing of Australian Indigenous Knowledge: Proposing a dynamic framework model
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allison Fish
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Doctor Philosophy
SEPs in Biotechnology Spectrum
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allison Fish
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Doctor Philosophy
The repatriation of plant products: what should be repatriated and how?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allison Fish
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Doctor Philosophy
The repatriation of plant products: what should be repatriated and how?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allison Fish
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Doctor Philosophy
Using marks and designations to build and sustain local food and agriculture
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, Associate Professor Allison Fish
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Doctor Philosophy
Using marks and designations to build and sustain local food and agriculture
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, Associate Professor Allison Fish
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Last, the Plant: Governing Cotton in British Colonial India, 1850-1942
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of the law in the circulation of the Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allison Fish
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Abstracting Plants: Legal and Scientific Judgement in Australia's Plant Breeder's Rights System
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Intellectual Property and Peanuts in the United States, 1896-1955
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Experimenting with the Governance of Plants as Intellectual Property: Limitations, Possibilities, and the Ecuadorian Experience
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
SUI GENERIS PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMAZON
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Jennifer Corrin
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Accommodating Artificial Intelligence-generated Works in Indonesian Copyright Law: Challenges and Possibilities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allison Fish
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