Brad Sherman, Professor of Law at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia) and Director of the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture. He is currently working on a history of the materiality of the invention and early historical examples where intellectual property was used to promote food security. In addition to his work on agricultural IP, Professor Sherman has authored many foundational texts in the field of IP law, including Figures of Invention: A History of Modern Patent Law (with Alain Pottage).

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