This handbook was partly funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) under the APEC Support Program, within a project administered by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). It aims to supplement and promote the valuable cooperation undertaken by the APEC Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group.

IP Australia and the Plant Breeders' Rights Office provided considerable support and guidance in the course of this program, and their assistance is warmly appreciated. This handbook does not embody or endorse any formal policy position on the part of any of its contributors, and does not represent the official views of the Australian Government or any of its agencies.

This handbook builds on training programs conducted in Melbourne, Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing, Jakarta, Padang and Solo from 1998 to 2001. We acknowledge with warm gratitude the valuable support, input and involvement of the following people who made various contributions to the conduct of the training programs or in the preparation of this handbook. Any errors and omissions in this handbook are, however, wholly the responsibility of the editors.

Ms Dianne Angus, Florigene Ltd
Dr Ian Barr, CSL Limited
Ms Paula de Bruyn, Davies Collison Cave
Dr Andrew Christie, University of Melbourne 
Dr Ian Cooke, Macfarlane Burnet Centre
Ms Catherine Hawkins
Ms Sandra Henderson, DFAT
Mr Dave Herald, IP Australia
Mr Adam Liberman, Freehills 
Ms Cheryl McCaffery, eclIPse IP Management
Dr Carol Nottenburg, CAMBIA 
Dr Tania Obranovich, Davies Collison Cave
Mr Leo O'Keeffe, IP Australia 
Dr William Pickering, FB Rice and Co
Ms Maree Ringland, DFAT
Dr Thomas Quirk, Biota Holdings Ltd 
Mr Malcolm Royal, Phillips Ormonde and Fitzpatrick
Mr Desmond Ryan, Davies Collison Cave 
Dr Vivien Santer, Griffith Hack
Mr John Slattery, Davies Collison Cave
Mr John Stonier, Davies Collison Cave 
Mr Antony Taubman, Australian National University
Dr Cassandra Thumwood, Ludwig Institute 
Dr Lyndal Thorburn, Advance Consulting
Professor Geoffrey Tregear, Howard Florey Institute 
Mr Leigh Tristram, IP Australia
Mr Doug Waterhouse, Plant Breeders' Rights Australia

The many participants in these programs have also provided invaluable input, and this is acknowledged with gratitude. We thank AMRAD for its support for the training program. We also thank New Scientist, Dr. Niall, and Signals for their permission to reproduce extracts from their publications in Module Six and Module Nine, Nine, and Monsanto Australia for the use of the INGARD Technology User Agreement in Module Ten. The principal author of this publication is Antony Taubman.

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