Overview
Background
Hamish MacDonald is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland School of Law. His research interests include intellectual property law, international law, and law and technology. His recent work focuses on the international regulation of genetic resources, the technical and digital infrastructures underlying legal systems, and the use of standardisation and abstraction in the operation of regulatory regimes.
Availability
- Dr Hamish MacDonald is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Law, The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Conceptual Uncertainties and Practical Challenges in Voluntary Nagoya Protocol Compliance: The Australian Situation
Macdonald, Hamish (2025). Conceptual Uncertainties and Practical Challenges in Voluntary Nagoya Protocol Compliance: The Australian Situation. Biopreservation and Biobanking, 23 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1089/bio.2024.0090
2024
Book Chapter
Intellectual Property Over Mutant and Gene Edited Plants
MacDonald, Hamish and Jamali, Seyed Hossein (2024). Intellectual Property Over Mutant and Gene Edited Plants. Plant Mutagenesis: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Landscapes. (pp. 43-54) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50729-8_4
2024
Journal Article
Ownership and objectivity: judging varieties for plant breeder's rights in Australia
MacDonald, Hamish (2024). Ownership and objectivity: judging varieties for plant breeder's rights in Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 47 (1), 247-281. doi: 10.53637/nmto8625
2023
Conference Publication
The Nagoya Protocol: Context, Operation, Uncertainties
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). The Nagoya Protocol: Context, Operation, Uncertainties. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 27 November-1 December 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Cultivating objectivity in plant breeder's rights systems
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Cultivating objectivity in plant breeder's rights systems. Society for Social Studies of Science, Honolulu, HI, United States, 8-11 November 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Achieving Nagoya Protocol compliance without a legal framework
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Achieving Nagoya Protocol compliance without a legal framework. Australasian Biospecimen Network Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 18-20 October 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Who judges plants? Scientific‐legal judgement of varieties for plant breeder's rights
MacDonald, Hamish (2023). Who judges plants? Scientific‐legal judgement of varieties for plant breeder's rights. The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 26 (3), 1-24. doi: 10.1111/jwip.12276
2022
Other Outputs
Labelling Requirements and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth)
MacDonald, Hamish and Sherman, Brad (2022). Labelling Requirements and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth). Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports Labrador, QLD, Australia: Black Jettie.
2022
Other Outputs
Information Notice Systems and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth)
MacDonald, Hamish and Sherman, Brad (2022). Information Notice Systems and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth). Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports Labrador, QLD, Australia: Black Jettie.
2022
Other Outputs
Essentially derived varieties and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth)
MacDonald, Hamish and Sherman, Brad (2022). Essentially derived varieties and the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (Cth). Plant Breeder's Rights - University of Queensland independent research reports Labrador, QLD, Australia: Black Jettie.
2022
Journal Article
Balancing incentives for innovation in new plant varieties
MacDonald, Hamish and Henry, Robert J. (2022). Balancing incentives for innovation in new plant varieties. Nature Plants, 8 (11), 1206-1208. doi: 10.1038/s41477-022-01246-3
2015
Journal Article
Barriers to ratification of the United Nations protocol against the smuggling of migrants
Schloenhardt, Andreas and MacDonald, Hamish (2015). Barriers to ratification of the United Nations protocol against the smuggling of migrants. Asian Journal of International Law, 7 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1017/S2044251315000211
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