Healy, Terrence John (Terry)

Summary

Terry Healy is a patent attorney who for over 40 years was counsel for CSIRO, providing governance and policy support to the Board. In addition he managed CSIRO's major litigation relating to its inventions and their commercialisation. In particular he led prosecutions concerned with the unlicensed use of CSIRO's patents for modern wireless local area systems (Wi-Fi) by major telecommunications companies. Following difficulties in joint ventures with private organisations, Healy led the development of a new Commercial Practice Manual for CSIRO, including a comprehensive suite of standard form legal agreements. The legal team he built up was widely regarded as the best in its class in Australia. Having been let go by CSIRO in 2014, Healy joined Swinburne University of Technology where he advises on intellectual property and commercialisation, and chairs the Intellectual Property Committee. He plays a central role in the CSIRO history project based at Swinburne, and is one of the principal interviewers for the Oral History Project.

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Chronology

? - 2010

Career position - General Counsel, CSIRO

1969

Education - BSc (physics) University of Melbourne

1970 -

Career position - Trainee patent attorney, CSIRO

1973

Education - LLB (hons), Australian National University

1973 - 1975

Career event - Seconded to the office of the Minister for Science

1995

Education - LLM, University of Melbourne

2009

Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team member with John O'Sullivan, Graham Daniels, Diethelm Ostry, Terence Percival, and colleagues)

2010 - 2014

Career position - Special Attorney, CSIRO

2012

Award - CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement

2016 -

Career position - Researcher and interviewer, CSIRO History Project

2016 -

Career position - Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee, Swinburne University of Technology

2025 -

Career position - Adjunct Professor, Office of the Chief Scientist, Swinburne University of Technology

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Published resources

Book Sections

• Healy, Terry, 'Wi-Fi router [Chapter 46]' in A history of intellectual property in 50 objects, Den Kamp, Claudy Op; Hunter, Dan, ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 376-383, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108325806. Details

Journal Articles

• Upstill, Garrett; Spurling, Thomas H.; and Healy, Terence J., 'CSIR and Australian industry, 1926-49', Historical Records of Australian Science, 32 (1) (2021), 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR20012. Details
• Upstill, Garrett; Spurling, Thomas H.; Healy, Terence J.; and Simpson, Gregory W., 'Realignment and change: CSIRO and industry 2000-10', Historical Records of Australian Science, 34 (2) (2023), 109-22, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22017. Details
• Wolff, Helen A.; Healy, Terence J.; and Spurling, Thomas H., 'An introduction to the CSIRO oral history collection', Historical Records of Australian Science, 30 (2) (2019), 112-8, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18026. Details

Reports

• Spurling, Thomas; Healy, Terry; Wolff, Helen, Guide to selected CSIRO governance and historical records digitised as part of the CSIRO History Project (Hawthorn, Victoria: Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, 2023), 462 pp. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/organisational-history/csiro-history-project/. Details

Resource Sections

• Healy, Terry; Upstill, Garrett; and Spurling Tom, 'Tom Spurling, interviewed by Terry Healy and Garrett Upstill, 26 April 2017 and 8 August 2017', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 26 April and 8 August 2017, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-tom-spurling/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Barber, Michael, 'Michael Barber, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 3 December 2017', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 3 December 2017, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-michael-barber/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Boardman, Keith, 'Keith Boardman, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 5 December 2017', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 5 December 2017, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-keith-boardman/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Duncan, Annabelle, 'Annabelle Duncan, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 6 February 2019', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 6 February 2019, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-annabelle-duncan/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Money, Catherine, 'Catherine Money, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 8 December 2021', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript, CSIROpedia, 8 December 2022. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-catherine-money/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Sandland, Ron, 'Ron Sandland, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 20 September 2017', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 20 September 2017, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-ron-sandland/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Solomon, David, 'David Solomon, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 12 January 2017 and 2 February 2017', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 12 January and 2 February 2017, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-david-solomon/. Details
• Spurling, Tom; Healy, Terry; and Stocker, John, 'John Stocker, interviewed by Tom Spurling and Terry Healy, 25 May 2018', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 25 May 2018, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-john-stocker/. Details