Sam Ricketson
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
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- Chapter
- Citation:
- Across Intellectual Property Essays in Honour of Sam Ricketson, 2020, pp. 317-325
- Issue Date:
- 2020-02-29
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An understanding of the balancing of private rewards and public benefit for the results of mental labour, the emergence of intellectual property law as a discrete area of law (at least from the middle of the nineteenth century),1 and the global governance regime for intellectual property (IP) rights, are topics which remained opaque to most Australians until the last quarter of the twentieth century.2 Recent scholarship points to the concept of ‘coherence’ as being ‘a fundamental principle in Australian law’ 3 explicated by the High Court in (among others) patent cases4 and in academic literature. It is no exaggeration to say that with the publication of Sam Ricketson’s landmark text, The Law of Intellectual Property, 5 explication, coherence and understanding of this area of the law, across the board, appeared in Australia for the first time. Adding to this, his commentaries on international instruments such as the Berne Convention,6 and the Paris Convention,7 a thorough overview of IP law at the domestic and international levels was created. From this basis, Ricketson has been throughout his career an authoritative and respected writer, teacher and commentator on legal doctrine, law reform and public policy across the broad range of IP and, in particular, in the area of copyright, an area in which I have also been involved.
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