| Abbreviation | Explanation |
| ACIP | Advisory Council on Intellectual Property |
| ALRC | Australian Law Reform Commission |
| AMPICTA | Australian Manufacturers’ Patents, Industrial Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks Association |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| ASF | Australian Seed Federation |
| AUSFTA | Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement |
| BIE | Bureau of Industry Economics |
| EPC | European Patent Convention |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| FICPI | Australian Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys |
| GTTAC | Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee |
| IPCRC | Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee |
| IPRIA | Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia |
| IPTA | Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OECD | Organisation |
| PBR | Plant Breeder’s Rights |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| SABIP | Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property Policy (UK) |
| TRIPS | World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |