Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia


The Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia was established in 2002 as an initiative of IP Australia. Its mission is to increase the understanding, creation, use and exploitation of intellectual capital by Australian organisations and individuals. The focus is to move understanding and engagement with intellectual capital from a technical to a strategic consideration. Intellectual capital in this context is broader than formal intellectual property rights and includes the management of knowledge, personnel and intangible assets. See http://ipria.org/
IPRIA is a collaborative research centre located at the University of Melbourne with significant funding from IP Australia. The core faculties are the , the Melbourne Law School and the Melbourne Business School.
IPRIA's objectives are to:
The inaugural Director was academic legal scholar Professor who served from 2002 to 2008 and Professor was the Director of IPRIA from 2008 to 2014. In 2015 and 2016 Professor and Associate Professor were Co-Directors. In 2017 Professor became the sole Director.