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Rita is an international expert in intellectual property and information technology law, with a recent focus on legal regulation and governance of Artificial Intelligence technologies. She acquired her PhD degree from Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg/Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (Germany, suma cum lauda) in 2010. Since then she researched and lectured in universities in Japan, Germany, Lithuania, and Australia. To date, she published around 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, as well as a monograph on Applicable Law to Copyright Infringement: A Comparison of ALI and CLIP Principles. Rita was invited to present in conferences in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States, and prepared reports for the European Commission, European Patent Office, and governments of South Korea and Lithuania.
Rita is currently a Lead Investigator at the project on 'Government Use of Face Recognition Technologies: Legal Challenges and Solutions' funded by the Lithuanian Research Council ($230,000). Previously she was a recipient of a research grant by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science for her project on 'The Law Applicable to copyright'. She served on the Industry Advisory Board for the ARC Linkage Project 'The economic and cultural value of Australian music exports,' and as an expert on a number of projects funded by the European Commission.
She is a member of the management committe of the Australian Society for Computers and Law (AUSLC, NSW Branch) and an active member of the Intellectual Property Association of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ).
Rita is willing to supervise student projects in the areas of information technology and intellectual property law, media law, cultural heritage law and related areas.
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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MQRAS 21: Towards more transparent and explainable Artificial Technologies in healthcare
Matulionyte, R., Antons, C., Magrabi, F., Abbott, R. & Lee, J.
13/09/21 → 12/09/22
Project: Research
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Government Use of Face Recognition Technologies: Challenges and Solutions
Matulionyte, R., Zalnieriute, M., Limante, A. & Kavoliunaite-Ragauskiene, E.
1/06/21 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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Can AI infringe moral rights of authors and should we do anything about it? An Australian perspective
Matulionyte, R., 2023, In: Law, Innovation and Technology. 15, 1, p. 124-147 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Copyright in published editions: what lessons does it teach us?
Matulionyte, R., 2023, The Cambridge handbook of investment-driven intellectual property. Bonadio, E. & Goold, P. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 167-181 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Ensuring AI explainability in healthcare: problems and possible policy solutions
Aranovich, T. D. C. & Matulionyte, R., 2023, In: Information and Communications Technology Law. 32, 2, p. 259-275 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Increasing transparency around facial recognition technologies in law enforcement: towards a model framework
Matulionyte, R., 30 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Information and Communications Technology Law.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AI as an inventor: has the Federal Court of Australia erred in DABUS?
Matulionyte, R., 2022, In: Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law. 13, 2, p. 99-112 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Other
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Submission to WIPO - WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence
Rita Matulionyte (Participant) & Niloufer Selvadurai (Participant)
Feb 2020Activity: Other
Press/Media
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AI-generated Art: Who Owns the Copyright. Interview with the Lighthouse, published on 16 January 2020 https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/december-2019/AI-generated-art-who-owns-the-copyright
16/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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