主题一：Introduction to the Australian Legal System 主讲人：Kamal Puri教授 时间：2015年6月9日（星期二）上午(9:30-11:30) 地点：东四楼204会议室
主题二：Protection of Indigenous People IP Right 主讲人： Kamal Puri教授 时间：2015年6月11日（星期四）上午(9:30-11:30) 地点：东六楼模拟法庭 主讲人介绍：
CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor Kamal Puri a. Educational qualifications
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. 1978 Australian National University
LL.M. 1969 University of Delhi
LL.B. 1967 University of Delhi
B.A. 1964 University of Delhi
Two pre-eminent experts in contract law and constitutional law (Professors Sam Stoljar and Geoffrey Sawer AO, respectively) supervised my Ph D work at the Australian National University
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in Wellington in July 1989. b. Employment history
POSITION HELD DATES INSTITUTION
Director of WIPO-QUT Program 2009- WIPO-QUT Master of IP Law Program
Professor of IP 2007- QUT
Director & General Manager 2006-2012 DEEDI, Queensland Government
Consultant 2004-05 DPI&F, Queensland Government
Guest Professor 2007- ILO and University of Turin, Italy
Guest Professor 2003- WIPO and University of Turin, Italy
Consultant 1998-2003 WIPO, UNESCO and SPC
Consultant 1999-2004 Local Govt Ass. Of Qld (LGAQ)
Director 1999-2002 UQ-H.E.L.P. Program
Consultant 1999-2002 City Supply, Brisbane City Council
Director 1998-2001 UQ-Amity LL.M. Program
Professor of Law 1996-2007 UQ
Procurement Consultant: 1998-2006 School of Politics & Public Policy Guest Lecturer Griffith University
Consultant 1998-2002 Public Works & Housing, Qld Govt
Adjunct Professor 1995-2001 Charles Darwin University
Adjunct Professor 1993-2000 National Law School of India University, Bangalore
Acting Dean & Head 1992 Law School, UQ
Visiting Professor 1991 Max-Planck Institute, Munich
Associate Professor 1990-1995 UQ
Deputy Dean of Law 1989-1990 UQ
Guest Lecturer 1989-1992 UTS, Sydney
Senior Lecturer 1989 UQ
Visiting Senior Lecturer 1982-1983 University of Melbourne
Senior Lecturer l980-1988 Victoria University of Wellington
Reader in Law 1978-1980 University of Delhi
Research Fellow 1978 ANU, Canberra
Research Scholar 1975-1978 ANU, Canberra c. Skills in developing and monitoring research output of junior staff
EXPERIENCE IN MENTORING JUNIOR STAFF AND ENHANCING RESEARCH OUTPUT
In my position as Chair of the Faculty's Research Committee in 1996 and 1997, I embarked on a process to establish policies and administrative procedures to enhance the Faculty's research output. My initiatives involved espousal of new policies and procedures aimed explicitly at developing a research culture among staff, especially junior researchers, by helping them to acquire the appropriate research skills. I also took upon myself the challenging task of developing innovative strategies to facilitate the progression of research higher degree candidates.
In 1995, the UQ Academic Board's Law Departmental Review Committee (chaired by Professor David Harland of Sydney Law School) had made strong criticism of the law school's research performance. The Review Committee had expressed concern that not enough research publications of international standard were emanating from the law school and that there was no mentoring of junior staff in terms of research. Besides setting a personal example in commitment to research by producing publications and securing external grants and consultancies, I developed a number of innovative strategies to raise the research profile of the School including preparing "Guidelines for Research Funding," arriving at a consensus on "Possible Strategies to Raise the Research Profile of the Law School" on the basis of a discussion paper, and putting together a written proposal for the creation of a new position of Director of Research to invigorate the law school's research and postgraduate activities.
SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH
• Over the years, I have accepted significant responsibility relating to the research work of students for PhD, LLM (Advanced) theses and "legal writing" research papers as well as for their LLB and LLM seminar papers. I have encouraged students as they have undertaken research, been prepared to comment when asked and offered advice on possible publication outlets. I have also assisted those whose research work has involved them in contacts outside the university in obtaining access to research materials. I have also mentored junior colleagues and helped them to complete their higher degrees and encouraging them to submit applications for competitive research grants.
• In the last ten years, I have supervised more than 40 students, encouraging them successfully to complete their postgraduate and honours’ degrees. At present, I am supervising 5 masters and 4 PhD theses. In addition, I have actively guided the development of younger colleagues in various ways, for example, by encouraging them to give staff seminars, inviting them to observe my teaching, serving as a mentor, proffering advice at the time of their annual staff appraisal, collaborating for submitting applications for grants, and generally offering my support to those who would like to follow up on any of my ideas.
• Over and above my supervisory responsibilities, I have made a marked personal contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate students by showing willingness to answer their enquiries and helping them to acquire research skills. Furthermore, I have written various references to help students to get scholarships at overseas universities, Rhodes scholarships, and vacation work in law firms, etc. What is more important, I am frequently asked by Australian and overseas universities to examine Ph.D. and LL.M. theses. Similarly, I am on the ARC's panel of assessors and have written assessor's reports on Large Grant applications on many occasions.
• Two factors have helped me greatly in providing effective supervision and hence in guiding the development of my postgraduate and LL B students, viz., my own commitment to research as demonstrated by my publications, and success in winning competitive grants, and my readiness and ability to work closely with students. d. Scholarship and original achievement
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
SETTING UP OF WIPO-QUT MASTER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PROGRAM. After almost three years of negotiations, I have been instrumental is setting up a jointly badged Masters program with WIPO, which will commence in February 2010. This program is the first of its kind in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The Director General of WIPO, Dr Francis Gurry, officially launched the program in Brisbane on 5 August 2009.
DRAFTING OF A MODEL LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE OF PACIFIC ISLANDS’ PEOPLES. In October 2000, I was commissioned by UNESCO, Secretariat of the Pacific Communities, Noumea, New Caledonia (SPC) and Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji (PIFS) to draft a model law and guidelines for the legal protection of traditional knowledge and expressions of culture of Pacific Islands’ Peoples. The Pacific Ministers for Culture endorsed the model law drafted by me on 17 September 2002 at a meeting in Noumea. See
• OUTSTANDING INDIAN AWARD FOR 1996. I was honoured with an outstanding citizen award by the International Peace and Goodwill Foundation in Mumbai, India in December 1996. The awards recognise Indians for "enriching human life, their outstanding achievements and in appreciation of their work in their chosen field of activity". The awards are given every two years and previous recipients include international cricketer Kapil Dev and politician Maneka Gandhi.
• AWARD-WINNING RESEARCH PROJECT. The Government of Canada selected me for its prestigious Faculty Research Award Program for 1995 to undertake research on aspects of Canada’s bilateral relations with Australia. My project, “Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property of Australian and Canadian Aborigines” was one of five proposals from Australia across all disciplines that were selected by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, out of 54 applications.
• EVIDENCE OF LEADERSHIP IN RESEARCH. I am in constant demand to speak at conferences throughout the world because of my publications in international journals. In fact, I receive many more (funded) invitations than I can ever accept. For instance, I was recently granted fellowships by the two leading Japanese Universities (Waseda and Hokkaido) to deliver lectures in August/September 2005. Again, I was asked to chair a session at the Pocantico Conference on “What Heritage to Preserve?” in New York (19-21 October 2005).
• Other prestigious invitations include: presentation of a paper at a World Conference in Washington, DC (27-30 June 1999), with all expenses paid by UNESCO and Smithsonian Institution; participation at a UNESCO conference in Noumea in February 1999; delivery of key note address at an international conference in Phuket, Thailand, in 1997 (WIPO). In addition, I was one of two international intellectual property experts selected by WIPO to address a symposium in Beijing (13-15 September 1993) on the legal protection of expressions of folklore. In 1996, the Bombay University selected me to deliver its prestigious biennial Endowment Lectures, an honour that is bestowed usually on eminent judges and jurists.
• Furthermore, I frequently consult to international organisations, such as WIPO (Geneva) and UNESCO (Paris) on intellectual property and cultural issues. For example, in August 1993, I was invited to Stockholm to address the International Commission of Jurists (Swedish Division) on the topic of “Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples” and the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) on the topic of “Cultural Ownership and Intellectual Property of Australia’s Aborigines in the light of Mabo”.
• More importantly, UNESCO has recently approached me about its proposal to establish a UNESCO Chair in Copyright Law in Australia to "make the Chair a very active centre of training of regional expertise in Copyright and the protection of indigenous knowledge and popular culture. The Chair will be created as a result of the Noumea's Symposium." Furthermore, UNESCO and SPC have foreshadowed my involvement in giving training to the Pacific Island nations on indigenous issues.
• I was invited by the Intellectual Property Centre, Oxford University, to give a seminar on “Protection of Cultural and Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples” in mid-January 2000.
• In December 2001, I was invited as a “Distinguished Speaker” by Cambridge University to present a keynote address at a Conference there.
• APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ADVISORY GROUP, QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT. In 2004, the Director-General of Queensland Government’s Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries invited me to join a small group of people to form an Intellectual Property Advisory Group to help and advise DPI&F on intellectual property issues. External members of this group include senior partners from Clayton Utz and Price Waterhouse Cooper and a senior lawyer from Crown Law. The IP Advisory Group has had several meetings chaired by the D-G himself.
• APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION BY MICROSOFT. Since 2004, I have been serving as a member of a Commission (consisting of three eminent experts in Intellectual Property) to select two best papers which carry a cash prize of 2,500 Euros each. One prize is for the best paper on software and the other for the best paper on other intellectual property topics. The papers are written by participants undertaking an LL.M. (IP) program conducted under the auspices of the WIPO Worldwide Academy, Geneva, in Turin, Italy.
• APPOINTMENT AS ACCREDITED OBSERVER. In early 2004, I was successful in procuring an NGO status for my association (Australian Folklore Association Inc.) on WIPO’ Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). The IGC was established by the WIPO General Assembly in October 2000.
• INVITATION TO TAKE UP APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE. In 1995, the Chief Justice of India offered me the Directorship of the Indian Law Institute, a position that is equivalent to a vice-chancellorship of an Indian University. The Institute is a national centre for promoting and pursuing advanced legal research and its functions include suggesting improvements in legal education, preparation of books, annual surveys and periodicals, etc., on current problems of socio-economic and socio-legal relevance.
• Invitations to take up Vice-chancellorship of National Law School of India University in Bangalore in 1997 and 2000. The National Law School of India University is the first private University in India that was established in 1987 exclusively for legal studies and research. This premier law-university has successfully developed a curriculum that is more intellectually challenging, professionally useful and socially relevant than that is currently prevailing in Asian Law Schools. I have been twice sounded out by the former Chief Justice of India (Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachalia) for the position of Vice-Chancellor of this leading national law University.
• Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research 1987. I reproduce below an extract from Professor Les Holborow's Report (Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University of Wellington) which referred to the award made in my case:
During 1987 Dr Puri's work on intellectual property led to several prestigious international invitations. In particular, he presented papers on copyright at two UNESCO conferences in Paris which considered the impact on copyright law of new technologies and copyright protection for Maori folklore. He was consulted on intellectual property matters by several institutions and public authorities, and his scholarly publication in the field was well received.
SUCCESS IN OBTAINING RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
• SELECTION AS INVITED RESEARCHER BY IIP, JAPAN. I have been selected for the prestigious “Invited Researcher Award for 2006” by Japan’s elite Institute of Intellectual Property, Japan. The award carries a generous fellowship for 6-8 weeks.
• Awarded a fellowship by Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, under its 21st Century Center of Excellence Program to deliver three public lectures in early September 2005.
• Invited to lead a Symposium on “Protection of Traditional Knowledge of Ainu People” at Waseda University, Tokyo, 24-26 August 2005.
• AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL LARGE GRANT NO. 1. In 1991, I was awarded a large grant by the Australian Research Council to pursue a project on the copyrighting of Aboriginal peoples’ intellectual property rights, especially folklore. I was given to understand that this grant of $45,000 was the largest grant ever awarded to any Australian legal academic at that time.
• AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL LARGE GRANT NO. 2. In 1996, I received a three-year, $75,000 ARC Large Grant to devise a parallel legal system giving Aboriginal people greater control over use of and payment for their cultural works. I proposed laws to protect the use of Aboriginal paintings, designs, music, stories, artefacts, language, religion and cultural identity for commercial or other purposes and encompass growing intellectual property areas such as the use of traditional Aboriginal medicines and remedies derived from native flora.
• AUSTRALIAN RESEACH COUNCIL SPIRT INCENTIVE AWARD. In 1998, I was awarded seed money to enable me to strengthen collaborative links with industry partners before lodging an application under the ARC SPIRT Scheme. I did apply for a SPIRT grant in the subsequent round of applications, but my application was unsuccessful.
• EXTERNAL SUPPORT ENABLING GRANT FOR 1997. This UQ grant helped me to keep my research going in the field of government contracts. Under this scheme, grants are awarded only to the most highly ranked unsuccessful ARC Large Grant applicants.
• ARC SMALL GRANT. In 1993, I was awarded a small grant by the Australian Research Council to pursue my project on “Protection of customary rights of Australian Aborigines”.
• TWO GRANTS FROM QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT. I received a Special Initiative Program grant from Queensland Government to organise an International Conference for the protection of cultural and intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples with special reference to Multiculturalism. In 1992, I received a Specific Purpose Grant from the Queensland Government to undertake a research project on Aboriginal peoples’ intellectual property rights. In addition, I received a grant from UQ's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit to pursue a project on the customary laws of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the area of intellectual property.
• AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH. See below.
• CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP. In 1987, I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship that allowed me to do research in the copyright area. This coveted fellowship also enabled me to travel to the UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris to present a paper to an international gathering of copyright experts.
• VUW RESEARCH GRANTS. Between 1980 and 1988, I received four research grants from the Victoria University of Wellington’s Research Committee to pursue my research projects.
• UNESCO'S AWARD. In 1988, the New Zealand National Commission nominated me for membership to UNESCO's Committee of Governmental Experts on the Safeguarding of Folklore (a rare honour for a legal academic).
• ANU AWARDS. In 1981, I was awarded the Australian National University's Visiting Fellowship. In 1975, I was awarded the Australian National University's Research Scholarship for three years.
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
1. BOOKS
(i) Indigenous Peoples (ed.) 1997 (Baha’i Studies, Melbourne) 262 pp.
(ii) Industrial Design Law in Australia and New Zealand 1986 Butterworths (Sydney) 220 pp.
(iii) Australian Government Contracts: Law and Practice 1978 CCH (Commerce Clearing House, Sydney) 518 pp.
(iv) Cases and Materials on Contract (including Government Contracts) 1974 Eastern (India) 605 pp.
(v) Cases on Government Contracts and Sale of Goods 1972 Govt. of India Printer 277 pp. (Commissioned by the Ministry of Supply New Delhi).
(vi) The Patent System 1971 Bahri 221 pp;
2. JOURNAL ARTICLES
• “Australia’s initiatives to realise the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity” (2006-2007) XXVIII DLR 30.
• Accessing Genetic Resources by Japanese private Industry under the Convention on Biological Diversity regime with particular reference to Australia, Monograph published by Institute of Intellectual Property & Japanese Patent Office, 2007.
• “A Comparative Analysis of Ownership of Intellectual Property Issues in Employer-Employee setting” (2006) 13 Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal 1.
• “Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights – the interface” in IPR, Communication and the Public Domain (Sage, 2005) 116.
• “The Aboriginal Peoples of Australia” in Intérêt culturel et mondialialisation (L’Harmattan 2004) 249.
• “Protection of Traditional Culture and Folklore” in Safeguarding Traditional Cultures: A Global Assessment (edited by Peter Seitel) (UNESCO & Smithsonian Institution, 2001) 97-103.
• “Biodiversity and Protection of Traditional Knowledge” in Principles of Patent Law (Foundation Press, New York, 2001) by Chisum, Nard, Schwartz, Newman & Kieff, 82-90.
• “Protection of Traditional Knowledge” Oxford Electronic Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (2000)
• “The Aboriginal Peoples of Australia” in Intérêt culturel et mondialialisation (L’Harmattan 2004) 249.
• "Protection of Expressions of Indigenous Cultures in the Pacific" (1999) XXXIII UNESCO's Copyright Bulletin 6-34 (Published in English, French and Spanish) (France)
• "Legal Protection of Expressions of Folklore" (1998) XXXII UNESCO's Copyright Bulletin 5 (Published in English, French and Spanish) (France)
• “Ownership of Employees’ Inventions: A Comparative Study” (1997) 12 Intellectual Property Journal 1 (I.P.J.) (Canada);
• A Review Article on Borrowed Power: Essays on Cultural Appropriation (1997) 35 Alberta Law Review 1139 (Canada);
• “Copyright and Employment” (1996) 27 International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law 53 (I.I.C.) (Germany);
• "Making and Sale of Collections of Readings by Educational Institutions in Australia" (1996) 5 Information & Communications Technology Law 69 (U.K.);
• “Cultural ownership and intellectual property rights and tourism - the interface” in Traditions and Tourism (National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University, 1996);
• “Cultural Ownership and Intellectual Property Rights Post Mab Putting Ideas into Action” (1995) 9 Intellectual Property Journal 293 (Canada);
• “Copyright in Commissioned Works” (1995) 17 European Intellectual Property Review 290 (U.K.);
• "Nature of Publishers' Copyright in Australia" (1995) 10 Intellectual Property Journal 99 (Canada);
• "Copyright Protection of Cultural Rights" (1995) 4 Law, Computers & Artificial Intelligence 187 (Case Note) (U.K.);
• "Copyright in journalists' creations in Australia" (1995) 4 Australian Studies in Journalism 200 (Australia);
• "Patent Harmonization" (1995) 4 Law, Computers & Artificial Intelligence 205 (a review article) (U.K.);
• “Human Rights of Indigenous Aborigines” (1994) 15 Singapore Law Review 267 (Singapore);
• Australian Aboriginal People and Their Folklore 1992 The University of Queensland - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit 48 pp. (a monograph); also published in “Copyright Protection for Aboriginal Folklore” (1992) 7 Australian Folklore 1 and “Aboriginal Folklore” (1992) 7 Australian Folklore 125 (Australia);
• “Journalists’ Copyright in Australia” (1994) 9 Intellectual Property Journal 91 (Canada);
• “Anton Piller Relief - Palatable in Europe?”(1994) 8 Intellectual Property Journal 347 (Canada); also published in “Copyright Protection by Anton Piller Orders” (1990) 11 Queensland Lawyer 31 (Australia);
• “Aboriginal Common Law?” in Native Title Indigenous Rights (FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation, 1994) 55-61.
• “Copyright Protection for Australian Aborigines in the Light of Mabo” in Mab A Judicial Revolution (University of Queensland Press, 1993) 132-164 (Australia);
• “Protection of Expressions of Folklore in National Laws” (1993) 12 Copyright 12 (China);
• “Software Copyright Law” (1993) 2 Law Computers & Artificial Intelligence 285 (U.K.);
• “Indigenous Human Rights” in Res Ipsa (U.Q.L.S., 1993) 47-52.
• “Unfair Trade Protection Expanded” (1992) 4 Asia Law and Practice 8 (Hong Kong); also published in [1992] IP Asia 2 (Hong Kong) and “Protection Against Monopolistic and Unfair Trade Practices in India” (1992) 34 Journal of the Indian Law Institute 443 (India);
• “The Challenges of a Modern Law Library - Handy Tips to Research (The University of Queensland Law School, 1994) (Australia);
• “Statutory Protection Not to be Read Too Narrowly in Australia - Autodesk v Dyason” (1992) 1 Law Computers & Artificial Intelligence 231 (U.K.);
• “Copyright Protection of Software in Australia” (1992) 1 Law Computers & Artificial Intelligence 79 (U.K.); see also “The Evolution of Copyright Protection in Software in Australia” (1991) 11 Queensland Lawyer 88 (Australia);
• “Australian Copyright and Competition Policy - The Interface” (1991) 13 European Intellectual Property Review 413 (U.K.); also published in an expanded form in “IP Rights and Trade Practices Act - A Potential Conflict” (1992) Queensland Lawyer 91 (Australia);
• “Surprise surprise! Here is an Anton Piller Order” (1990) 2 Managing Intellectual Property 34 (U.K.);
• "Copyright Deal Between Academics and Universities" (1989) 15 University of Queensland Law Journal 246 (Australia).
• "Copyright Protection of Folklore: New Zealand Perspective" Vol. XXII No. 3 UNESCO's Copyright Bulletin 18 (1989) (Published in English, French and Spanish) (France).
• "Government As Entrepreneur and Planner: Aspects of Recent Industrial Strategy in Britain" (1979) 9 California Western International Law Journal 73 (with Professor Ross Cranston) (United States).
• "Standard Terms in Government Purchasing in Australia, United States, United Kingdom and India" [1978] Australian Purchasing and Supply 12 (Australia).
• "Duration of Copyright Protection” [1989] XXIII No 3 UNESCO's Copyright Bulletin 19 (Published in English, French and Spanish) (France). Also published in "The Term of Copyright Protection - Is it too long in the wake of New Technologies?" (1990) 12 European Intellectual Property Review 12 (U.K.).
• "Librarians and Copyright Law" (1987) 17 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 227 (New Zealand).
• "Writers and the Law of Copyright" (1985) 15 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 93 (New Zealand).
• "Fair Dealing with Copyright Material in Australia and New Zealand” (1983) 13 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 277 (New Zealand).
• "Design Protection in Australia" (1983) 13 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 171 (New Zealand).
• Government Purchasing” in Purchasing and Supply for Australia at 350-380 (1980, Melbourne - a publication of the Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management) (Australia).
3. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, ETC.
I have presented numerous papers in the last 20 years to the most significant national and international conferences, seminars, and symposiums held in the United States, New Caledonia, Thailand, China, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Hungary, South Africa and Australia. Below is a list of presentations I have made since joining QUT in January 2007:
1. “Commercialisation of IP in the Public Sector” Bio2Biz SA 2009, Durban, 22 September 2009, Durban, South Africa;
2. “Challenges facing protection and management of public sector IP” Queensland Health’s Office of Health and Medical Research 20 August 2009, Brisbane;
3. “Relevance of Traditional Knowledge to questions of patentability” QUT Law Research Forum 3 June 2009, QUT, Brisbane;
4. “Significance of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture” QDPI&F 25 March 2009, Brisbane;
5. “Convention on Biological Diversity” University of Delhi 16 February 2009, Delhi, India;
6. “Internationalisation of IP Rights” QDPI&F 14 October 2008, Brisbane;
7. “Legal Responsibility and IP Protection of Web Content in the Web-based World” 5th Web Content Management Forum, 1-2 September 2008, Sydney;
8. “Managing Plant Breeder’s Rights for commercial outcomes” 20 June 2008, Brisbane;
9. “Managing uncertainty and illustrating legal implications of a Procurement Contract” IQPC Performance Based Maintenance Contracting 18-19 June 2008, Melbourne;
10. “IP Ownership by Employees” Legalwise Seminars, 28 May 2008;
11. “Commercialisation of IP in the Public Sector” QUT’s Research Forum, 28 May 2008, Brisbane;
12. “Who owns the IP in the Public Sector and why should it be commercialised?” Public Sector IP Governance and Knowledge Commercialisation Conference, 14 May 2008, Canberra;
13. “Effective Management of Public Sector IP” Department of Natural Resources and Water, 3 April 2008, Brisbane;
14. “The effect of CBD on the protection of Traditional Knowledge and Biological Resources” QUT’s Colloquium on Intellectual Property Protection, Parliament House, 19 March 2008, Brisbane;
15. “Employers’ IP Rights in view of competition from former employees” IPCU Forum Series, QDPI&F, 7 March 2008, Primary Industry Building, Brisbane;
16. “Legal Obligations of Contracting: Liability and Resolutions” 3rd Annual Performance Based Contracting Conference, 3-4 March 2008, Melbourne;
17. “Accessing Genetic Resources under the CBD with particular reference to Australia” QUT’s Research Forum, 8 February 2008, Brisbane;
18. “Protection of IP in the Public Sector” Chinese IP Delegation, 21 November 2007;
19. “Breach of Confidence” IPCU Forum Series, QDPI&F, 16 November 2007, Primary Industry Building, Brisbane;
20. “Protection of IP in DPI&F” Queensland Bioscience Precinct, UQ, 10 October 2007, Brisbane;
21. “Key Considerations in Writing a Robust and Effective Contract” 4th Annual Conference on Policy and Legal Framework for Contracts & Procurement Management in the Public Sector, 28-29 August 2007, Canberra;
22. “Ownership of IP in Employer-Employee Setting” IPCU Forum Series, QDPI&F, 21 August 2007, Primary Industry Building, Brisbane;
23. “Legally Protecting your Innovation” IPCU Forum Series, QDPI&F, 21 May 2007, Primary Industry Building, Brisbane;
24. “Significance of IP in the Public Sector” World IP Day, 26 April 2007, Toowoomba;
25. “Awakening to Opportunities in Copyright” IPCU Forum Series, QDPI&F, 9 March 2007, Primary Industry Building, Brisbane;
26. “Awakening to opportunities in Copyright” IPCU Forum Series 6 March 2007, Brisbane.
4. EDITORIAL WORK
I am on the Editorial Board of several law journals, including International Journal of Cultural Property, Cambridge, and International Journal of Information Policy and Law, Geneva.
Main accomplishments:
• Distinguished research track record and substantial evidence of leadership in research
• Established track record in the acquisition of national and international competitive grants and research consultancies
• Leadership skills in identifying, mentoring and developing junior researchers and in fostering a vibrant research culture among staff and postgraduate students
• Experience in the development of collaborative relationships with the profession
• Evidence of the ability to develop innovative strategies to facilitate the progression of research higher degree candidates
• Familiarity with the Australian research environment and with current debates in the area. e. Excellence in teaching and learning
Reflective Statement on Teaching Practices and Development
The seven basic qualities that make me a good and effective teacher are my abilities
Provide a high-quality learning environment that encourages independent learning and peer interaction;
Deliver lectures in an engaging manner, supplemented by small group interaction while imparting intellectually stimulating cutting edge research ideas;
Ensure optimal student learning outcomes through comprehensive preparation whilst steadfastly employing progressive assessment and feedback regime;
Link my teaching with research in order to enhance learning experiences and outcomes for students;
Encourage creativity and independence, critical thinking, effective communication and ethical and social sensitivity;
Develop a mindset embedding principles of equity, fair play and good conscience which are so important for lawyers to understand; and
Support coherent and innovative curriculum development in the emergent field of intellectual property.
My Teaching Philosophy
Embedding the principles of equity, fair play and sensitivity
I have played a pioneering role in the teaching of intellectual property law in Australasia. My interest in intellectual property is long-standing. In fact, I published my first book on Patents in 1971, when this subject was little known to legal academics, let alone the general public. From the very beginning, I have taken special interest in the protection of intellectual and cultural property rights of indigenous peoples. It all started almost by coincidence when I commenced lecturing in New Zealand in 1980. I had a strong desire to introduce teaching of “Intellectual Property” as a subject in the legal curriculum but this was met with some resistance probably in step with the legal culture which is intrinsically antithetical to change. However, a small number of students, chiefly Maori and Pacific Islanders asked me to supervise their research papers as part of the Honours component of their LL.B. degree on topics that were somewhat unconventional in the legal world, e.g., legal protection of folklore, traditional knowledge, cultural rights, plant variety rights, etc. This roused my own interest in indigenous issues. In a span of a couple of years, not only the subject of “Intellectual Property” was embraced by the law school with unprecedented enrolments for an optional course, but I successfully introduced three Masters courses (Copyright and Designs, Patents and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights), not to mention many requests to supervise Honours’ and LL.M. theses.
Although more than 20 years have elapsed since the inception of the first-ever course on Intellectual Property in an Australasian law school, the significance of this field is still being realised. After joining UQ in 1989, I was instrumental in leading the rapid growth of teaching and research in the area of intellectual property rights. In order to articulate my current research into teaching, this year I have developed and taught another first ever subject at postgraduate level at UQ entitled, Indigenous Intellectual Property (LAWS7901), with huge success. Presently, I am offering another new course at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, on “International Copyright Law” to both the US and UQ students.
TEACHING AWARDS
• University of Queensland Teaching Award. For three years running, I was selected for UQ's “Commendation for Excellence in Teaching” Awards for 1994, 1995 and 1996. Again, I was selected as a recipient of a “Commendation for Excellence in Teaching” in 2002.
• In 1988, I was selected as one of three recipients of Victoria University of Wellington’s inaugural “Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research."
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & SUBJECTS TAUGHT
• My teaching extends over 25 years. Besides being a “moot judge” on numerous occasions, I have had teaching responsibility in a range of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including intellectual property law, contracts, company law, procurement law, trade practices, sale of goods, partnership law, administrative and constitutional law.
• The objective evaluations of my teaching indicate that I have been rated significantly above the average of UQ academics. Furthermore, students’ written comments on UQ and Griffith's evaluation questionnaires have commented that I am “an efficient, organised, and approachable academic with great depth and breadth of knowledge in the subjects I teach.”
• I have taken important initiatives in curriculum development by teaching new courses at Masters’ level, e.g., “Patents and Transfer of Technology Law” for the first time at University of Queensland, "Legal Issues in Procurement" and "Intellectual Property Issues in Procurement" on behalf of Griffith University and Queensland Government, and "Indigenous People and Intellectual Property Rights" under the UQ-Marquette Program in 1999 as well as at UQ in 2003.
f. Administrative accomplishments
APPOINTMENT TO PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT POSITIONS
2004-2005 Member, DPI&F IP Advisory Group
2003-2006 Elected member, Academic Board, UQ
2001-2002 Elected member, Standing Committee, Academic Board, UQ
2004-2006 Re-elected to the position of President of the Australian Folklore Association, Inc.
2000-2002 Elected member, Academic Board, UQ
1998-1999 Elected member, Academic Programs Policy Committee, UQ
1998-1999 Elected member, Library Committee, UQ
1998 Chair, Review of Academic Board's Teaching & Learning Committee, UQ
1997-1999 Elected member, Academic Board, UQ
1997-1998 Chair, Tenure and Promotions Sub-Committee, BEL Faculty
1996 Deputy Chair, Tenure and Promotions Sub-Committee (Humanities)
1997- Member, Law School Executive Committee
1996-1998 Elected to the new position of Convener, Research Committee
1996 Member, Review of the Examinations Committee
1995-1999 Member, UQ’s Intellectual Property Working Party
1995-2000 Member, Legal Education Committee, Queensland Law Society Inc.
1996- Elected to the position of President of the Australian Folklore Association, Inc., and appointed as Conference Convener to organise an international conference in Brisbane in September 1996 on the theme of Folklore, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property.
1993-1994 Member, AVCC’s Committee on Copyright and Intellectual Property
1992 Acting Dean and Head of the Law School.
1990, 1992 Member, Academic Board, UQ
1990 Member, Academic Committee of the Law School.
1989-1990 Deputy Dean of the Law School. Also, Acting Dean on a few occasions.
1990- Member/Acting Chair, UQ Academic Common Room Committee.
1991-1997 Member, ATRIP (International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property).
1991- Member, ALAI (International Literary and Artistic Association).
1990, 1992 Member, Humanities Group Council.
1990, 1992 Member, Humanities Special Studies Program Committee.
1989-90, 93-94Elected to the new position of Staff Seminars Convener.
ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AND EXPERIENCE
• In my roles as Deputy Dean in 1989-1990 and Acting Dean and Head in 1992, I attempted to display qualities of leadership. In my capacity as Deputy Dean, I was responsible mainly for student matters and I made a major impact on administration of the law school.
• In 1992, my administrative accomplishments produced significant benefits to the Law School. In my role as Acting Dean and Head, I contributed through a range of administrative initiatives.
• I organised the first-ever Law School Retreat to review courses, methods of teaching and marking and methods of allocation of teaching and marking duties amongst academic staff. I produced three discussion papers for the Retreat. I also arranged a very successful Australia-wide symposium on Mabo.
