Productivity Commission - Inquiry Into Intellectual Property Arrangements - Transcript of Proceedings - Melbourne - Friday 24 June 2016

Sep 1, 2026

Transcript of public hearings held by the Productivity Commission in Melbourne on Friday, 24 June 2016 at 8.41 am as part of an inquiry into Australia’s intellectual property arrangements. The commissioner explains the inquiry’s terms of reference, consultation steps (issues paper, roundtables, submissions), release of the draft report, and the purpose of the hearing to obtain comments, feedback, agreement or disagreement, and implementation or factual observations. Proceedings include administrative guidance on participation, truthfulness, transcript access, media ground rules, and occupational health and safety evacuation instructions.

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CategoryLetters

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Pages178

Reading Time1 h 2 min

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Transcript of Proceedings

Inquiry background and hearing purpose

Participants, submissions, and transcript availability

Proceedings logistics and safety instructions

Opening remarks and first participant

__________________________________________________________ PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ARRANGEMENTS MR J COPPEL, Commissioner MS K CHESTER, Deputy Chair & Commissioner TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS AT PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION, MELBOURNE ON FRIDAY, 24 JUNE 2016 AT 8.41 AM INDEX Page MR MARK SUMMERFIELD 557-571 AUSTRALIAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION MR JOEL BECKER 572-590 MR MARK RUBBO MR TIM WHITE ELECTRONIC FRONTIERS AUSTRALIA MR JON LAWRENCE 591-602 MR PETER DONOUGHUE 602-609 MS DEE WHITE 609-616 MR PETER GLEESON 617-624 ASSOCIATION OF LIQUOR LICENCES MELBOURNE MR CON SARROU 624-632 PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA MS JULIE BURLAND 633-646 MS BRIONY LEWIS LAW COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA MR RICHARD HAMER 647-659 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED MR ALEX ORANGE 659-672 MR PHIL WADSWORTH IPTA MR MICHAEL CAINE 673-686 TEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA MR MICHAEL HEYWARD 687-697 MR MARCUS FAZIO MS WENDY ORR 698-704 SCRIBE PUBLICATIONS MR HENRY ROSENBLOOM 705-712 HAPPY FINISH DESIGN MR NICK RENNIE 712-719 MR NICK GRUEN 719-727 MR DAVID DAY 727-730 RESUMED [8.41 am] MR COPPEL: Good morning everybody. Welcome to the public hearings of the Productivity Commission Inquiry in Australia's Intellectual Property Arrangements. My name is Jonathan Coppel and I am one of the Commissioners on the inquiry and my colleague Karen Chester is the other Commissioner. By way of background, the inquiry started with a terms of reference from the Australian Government in August 2015 to examine Australia's IP arrangements including their effect on investment, competition, trade, innovation and consumer welfare. We then released an Issues Paper in early October 2015 and we've talked to a range of organisations and individuals with an interest in the issues. We have also held a number of roundtables, both pre-report, draft report and post-draft report and met with many groups of interested parties to inform the inquiry. We released the draft report in late April, which included over 20 draft recommendations, draft findings and a number of information requests. We have received a large number of submissions in response and now they total well over 500. So we are grateful to all the organisations and individuals who have taken the time to prepare submissions, many of those who are appearing at the hearings both today and in previous days. The purpose of the hearing is to provide an opportunity for interested parties to provide comments and feedback on the draft report; things like where people agree with the draft recommendations and where they may disagree or where there may be differences of opinion on ease of implementation or even factual comments. Prior to this hearing today, hearings have been held in Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney and also yesterday in Melbourne. A further hearing will be held in Sydney next Monday. We will then be working towards completing the final report, having considered all the evidence presented at the hearings and submissions, as well as other informal discussions. The final report will be handed to the Australian Government later this year. All those participants and those who have registered their interest in this inquiry will be advised of the final reports released by government which may be up to 25 parliamentary sitting days after completion. Regarding today's proceedings, we like to conduct all hearings in a reasonably informal manner, but I remind participants that a full transcript is being taken. For this reason, comments from the floor cannot be taken but at the end of today's proceedings we will endeavour, time permitting, to provide an opportunity for anyone who wishes to do so to make a brief presentation Participants are not required to take an oath, but are required under the Productivity Commission Act to be truthful in their remarks. The transcript will be made available to participants and will be available on the Commission's web site following the hearings. Submissions are also available

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Melbourne public hearing on 24 June 2016?

The hearing provides an opportunity for interested parties to comment and give feedback on the draft report, including areas of agreement, disagreement, implementation differences, and factual observations.

What steps preceded the draft report in this inquiry?

After terms of reference in August 2015, the Commission released an issues paper in early October 2015, held consultations and roundtables, and met many interested parties to inform the inquiry before releasing the draft report in late April.

Where can the full transcript and submissions be accessed?

The transcript is made available to participants and is available on the Commission’s website following the hearings. Submissions are also available on the Commission’s website.

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