Professor Matthew Rimmer

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Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law


Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Personal details

Positions

Professor, Intellectual Property and Innovation
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law

Keywords

Intellectual Property: Copyright, Patent Law, Trademark Law, plant breeders , Designs, Trade Secrets, Digital Copyright, Information Technology Law, Media and Communications Law, Innovation Law, Gene Patents and Biotechnology Regulation, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Access to Essential Medicines and Health Law (including the COVID-19 crisis), Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products, Tobacco Control, and Tobacco Endgame, Intellectual Property, Renewable Energy, Clean Technologies, and Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Intellectual Property, 3D Printing Law and Regulation, Additive Manufacturing, Bioprinting, and the Maker Movement, Intellectual Property and Trade - TRIPS Agreement, AUSFTA, ACTA, TPP, RCEP, TRIPS Waiver, Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Research field

Other law and legal studies, International and comparative law, Law in context

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Law (University of New South Wales)

Professional memberships and associations

Current Memberships

Chief Investigator and Member of the QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) https://research.qut.edu.au/achlr/ (2015- )

Chief Investigator and Member of the QUT Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology (BEST) https://research.qut.edu.au/best/ (2020- )

Associate Investigator of the QUT Energy Transition Centre (2024-)

Chief Investigator of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE) https://t.co/wKx1xE2ZZP?amp=1 (2020- )

Past memberships

Leader of the QUT Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program (IPIL) (2015-2020)

Member of the QUT Centre for the Digital Economy + the QUT Centre for Future Enterprise (2020-2022)

Member of the QUT Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Processes https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments/research/centres-and-initiatives/centre-for-clean-energy-technologies-and-practices (2020-2022)

Member of the QUT Centre for Justice https://www.qut.edu.au/law/research/centre-for-justice (2020-2022).

Member of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/ (2015-2022).

Member of the QUT International Law and Global Governance Research Program (ILGG) (2015-2020)

Climate Change Institute, ANU (2011-2015)

Member, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law (2009-2011)

Associate Director and Research Fellow of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA) (2001-2015)

Visiting Positions

Distinguished Visitor, University of Toronto (2015)

Visiting Lecturer, Western University, London, Ontario (2006)

Teaching

Intellectual Property, International Commercial Transactions, International Business and Law, Research Project in Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Strategy and Management

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/matthew.rimmer

Awards

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

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