Thursday, 11 September 2025
Description
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Mātauranga Māori and Intellectual Property
- A brief overview of the extent to which Aotearoa New Zealand's statutory intellectual property rights recognise or protect Mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge)
- The limitations of copyright as a way to protect Māori creative works, customs and history
- Case study: the sale of a treasured, out-of-copyright painting that depicts an iwi's most significant tupuna (ancestor)
Presented by Jack Oliver-Hood, Barrister
Chair
Hamish Selby, Partner, Buddle Findlay
*Original Content was created in June 2024
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how New Zealand’s IP law interacts with and protects (or fails to protect) Mātauranga Māori
- Examine key limitations of copyright in safeguarding Māori cultural expressions through real-world case studies
Presenters
Jack Oliver-Hood, BarristerJack is a barrister practising in Tāmaki Makaurau, specialising in commercial litigation and intellectual property. He holds degrees in law from the University of Auckland and Columbia University. Alongside his practice as a barrister, Jack is also an adjunct lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology where he is currently teaching the law of evidence. He is also a co-author of Mahoney on Evidence, and a member of the Law Commission's special advisory panel.
Hamish Selby, Partner, Buddle Findlay
Hamish is a partner at Buddle Findlay, who specialises in intellectual property and leads the Buddle Findlay IP team. He has practised for over 20 years experience and has extensive experience advising clients in New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and overseas. Hamish advises clients about all aspects of IP, including creation, development, protection, commercialisation, enforcement and management, including copyright, trade marks, registered designs, patents and domain names. He acts in non-contentious, contentious and transactional IP matters. Hamish is privileged to act for some of the world's largest multi-national companies, large New Zealand companies, small-medium sized companies and local and central government clients as well as start-up/early stage businesses, who all entrust their IP rights with him. He is also proud to provide pro bono advice to a well-known international and local not-for profit businesses. Hamish acts for many food and beverage clients and provides IP advice to these clients, including in New Zealand, Australia and key export markets. In recognition of his expertise, Hamish is ranked in international legal directories, including Legal 500, World Trade Mark Review and Chambers and Partners. Hamish is also affiliated with a number of IP organisations, including IPSANZ (where he is a member and sits on the New Zealand executive committee), INTA (where he is a member and is on an Asia Pacific IP Office Practice subcommittee) and NZIPA. Hamish has a LLB and BSC (Biochemistry) from the University of Otago.
