Research Fellow
Overview
Hamish MacDonald is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland School of Law and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture. His research explores co-productive intersections of law and science, with a particular focus on how intellectual property laws interact with genetic technologies and quantitative models. Other research areas include the international regulation of genetic resources, the technical infrastructures underlying legal systems, and the use of standardisation and abstraction in the operation of regulatory regimes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Law, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
Publications
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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
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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.
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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.
Publications
Book Chapter
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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
Journal Article
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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.
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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
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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
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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
Conference Publication
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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.
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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.
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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.
Other Outputs
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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.
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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.
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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.
