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DR CHRIS DENT



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Chris%20Dent
Work: +61 3 834 41134
Room: 0952
Level: 09
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Critical approaches to intellectual property including historical and post-modern approaches Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Laws Murdoch University 31-Dec-1997
Doctor of Philosophy Murdoch University 31-Dec-2002

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The fingers of the powers above do tune the harmony of this peace : Australia and the Harmonisation of Patents Chief Investigator IP AUST,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
THE INSTITUTE FOR PATENT AND TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS OF AUST
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
Drug Companies, their Patenting Strategies and High-Cost Pharmaceuticals: An Empirical Investigation Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009
'Nothing Can Be Created Out of Nothing': Workers, Their Know-How and the Employment Relationships that Support Them Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DIGITAL PIRACY: INSTITUTIONAL REGULATIONS Chief Investigator OECD- BUDGET FINANCE SERVICE 17/03/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Copyright, governmentality and problematisation: An exploration
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Griffith Law Review
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 129-150
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  • For the health of the economy and patent system: Rationale and scope of patent attorney privilege
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-32
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  • Not all practices are equal: An exploration of discourses, governmentality and scale-free networks
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Social Semiotics
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 345-361
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  • Third-Party Patent Challenges in Europe, the United States and Australia: A Comparative Analysis
    Year: 2009
    Journal: The Journal of World Intellectual Property
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 467-499
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • An exploration of the principles, precepts and purposes that provide structure to the patent system
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Intellectual Property Quarterly
    Volume: 2008
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 456-477
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  • Journalists are the confessors of the public, says one Foucaultian
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journalism
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 200-219
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  • Patents as Adminstrative Acts: Patent decisions for administrative review?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Sydney Law Review
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 691-714
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Stare Decisis, Repetition and Understanding Common Law
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Griffith Law Review
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 131-150
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  • To See Patents as Devices of Uncertain (but Contingent) Quality: A Foucaultian Perspective
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Intellectual Property Quarterly
    Volume: 2007
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 148-163
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Reports

  • Lawyers' decisions in australian patent dispute settlements: An empirical perspective
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 02/07
    Publisher: Intellectual Property Institute of Australia(Melbourne)
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  • Patent attorney privilege in Australia: Rationale, current concerns and avenues for reform
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 01/07
    Publisher: Intellectual Property Institute of Australia(Melbourne)
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  • Patent opposition and the constitution: Before or after?
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 01/07
    Publisher: Intellectual Property Institute of Australia(Melbourne)
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  • Patent policy in early modern England: Jobs, trade and regulation
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 06/07
    Publisher: Intellectual Property Institute of Australia(Melbourne)
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  • To see patents as devices of uncertain (but contingent) quality: A foucaultian perspective
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 05/07
    Publisher: Intellectual Property Institute of Australia(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Decision Making and Quality in Patents: An Exploration
    Year: 2006
    Journal: European Intellectual Property Review
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 381-388
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  • Lawyer's Decisions in Australian Patent Dispute Settlements: An Empirical Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 255-276
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  • Patent Opposition and the Constitution: Before or After?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 217-231
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  • Patent Policy in Early Modern England: Jobs, Trade and Regulation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Legal History
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 71-95
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Reports

  • Research Use of Patented Knowledge: A Review
    Year: 2006
    Customer: OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI)
    Report No:: 2006/2
    Publisher: OECD Publications(Paris)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • 'The privileged few' and the classification of Henwood v Harrison
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Griffith Law Review
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 34-60
    Publisher: Griffith University Law School(Griffith)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Defamation law's chilling effect: A comparative content analysis of Australian and US newspapers
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 89-111
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths and contributors(Parkville)
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