Academic Staff

Administrative Staff

Brad Sherman

Position: Director

Location: The University of Queensland, TC Beirne School of Law, Hartley Teakle Bldg, room S616

Phone: 07 3365 7179
Fax: 07 3346 7480
Email: b.sherman@uq.edu.au

Qualifications: BEc (Qld), LLB (Hons) (Qld), LLM (London), PhD (Griffith)

Brad Sherman is the Director of ACIPA and a Professor in Law in the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland. Prior to joining The University of Queensland, he worked at Griffith University, the University of Brunel, the London School of Economics, and Cambridge University. Brad is currently working on gene patents and a history of intellectual property and biological property.

Kathryn Adams

Position: Senior Research Fellow

Location: Griffith University, Griffith Law School

Phone: 07 5599 1233
Fax: 07 5599 1233
Email: khadams@yahoo.com

Qualifications: BScAgr (Hons), LLM, MBus, MEnvStud, Grad Dip Leg Pract, Prof Cert Arbitration, Practitioners Cert Mediation & Conciliation

Kathryn Adams is an Agricultural Scientist and a lawyer, having held senior positions in a wide range of organisations. She was the first Registrar of Plant Breeder's Rights in Australia, has practiced as a solicitor and an agricultural microbiogist, and has held senior positions in R&D management and investment areas, including Executive Director of the Energy R&D Corporation, Executive Director of the Forest and Wood Products R&D Corporation, Director of the Queensland Horticulture Institute and Executive Director with the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. She is on a number of Boards, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has particular interest in the links between public policy, law and agricultural industry development.

Stephen Hubicki

Position: Research Fellow

Location: The University of Queensland, TC Beirne School of Law, Hartley Teakle Bldg, room S617a

Phone: 07 3346 7490
Fax: 07 3346 7480
Email: s.hubicki@uq.edu.au

Qualifications: BSc, LLB (Hons) (Griffith)

Kanchana Kariyawasam

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow; Lecturer

Location: Griffith University, Dept of Accounting, Finance and Economics

Phone: 07 3735 3548
Fax: 07 3735 3719
Email: k.kariyawasam@griffith.edu.au

Qualifications: PhD (Griffith), LLM (UQ), LLB (Colombo)

Kanchana Kariyawasam is an Adjunct Research Fellow with ACIPA and is a Lecturer in the Dept of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith University. She holds the degrees of LLB (Colombo), Master of Laws (UQ) and PhD (Griffith). Her research interests include some aspects of intellectual property and commercial law. She has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland from 2006-2007.

Dr Charles Lawson

Position: Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer

Location: Griffith University, Griffith Law School, Gold Coast Campus, room 2.71

Phone: 07 5552 7249
Fax: 07 5552 8667
Email: c.lawson@griffith.edu.au

Qualifications: BSc (Hons), LLB (ANU), LLM (QUT), PhD (ANU)

Charles Lawson is a Senior Research Fellow with ACIPA and a Senior Lecturer in the Griffith Law School at Griffith University. Charles’ research interests include some aspects of intellectual property, competition, trade, access, taxation, public and administrative law, and risk assessment and management.

Dr Matthew Rimmer

Position: Senior Lecturer in Law; Associate Director

Location: The Australian National University, Faculty of Law, room 121

Phone: 02 6125 4164
Fax: 02 6125 0103
Email: matthew.rimmer@anu.edu.au

Qualifications: BA (Hons) (ANU), LLB (Hons) (ANU), PhD (UNSW)

Matthew Rimmer is an Associate Director of ACIPA and a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Australian National University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a University Medal in literature, and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the Australian National University. Rimmer received a Doctorate of Philosophy from the School of Law at The University of New South Wales for his thesis: "The Pirate Bazaar: The Social Life of Copyright Law". He has published widely on copyright in journals in Australia, Europe, and the United States.

Matthew has published in patent law, access to genetic resources and plant breeder's rights. His work has been featured in Australasian Science, the Bio-Science Law Review, the European Intellectual Property Review, and the Journal of Law and Medicine.

Jay Sanderson

Position: Research Fellow

Location: Griffith University, Griffith Law School, room -1.03B

Phone: 07 3735 4140
Fax: 07 3735 5511
Email: j.sanderson@griffith.edu.au

Qualifications: BAppSc (VUT), BA (UQ), LLB (Hons) (QUT).

Jay Sanderson coordinates ACIPA's public information program. As part of our goal of raising awareness about intellectual property in the rural sector, the public information provides an overview of the fundamentals of intellectual property law and also addresses specific intellectual property issues relevant to the agricultural community. Jay is currently completing a PhD in plant intellectual property.

Antony Taubman

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow

Location: Currently on secondment to WIPO

Email: anthony.taubman@wipo.int

Qualifications: BA (Hons) (Melb), BSc (Canb)

Antony Taubman is a Senior Lecturer at ACIPA. He is internationally renowned for his policy work in the field of intellectual property. Prior to coming to ACIPA, Tony was Director of the WTO Intellectual Property Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Senior Advisor (Strategic Planning and Policy Development) to the Director General, and Senior Program Officer (Asia-Pacific Region), in the World Intellectual Property Organisation. He has also conducted training and teaching on IP issues and practice in many Asian countries and has published a number of articles on Asian intellectual property law. In 2002 Tony was asked to head the new Global Issues division of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, where he is on secondment until 2005.

Leanne Wiseman

Position: Associate Professor in Law; Associate Director

Location: Griffith University, Griffith Law School, room -1.08

Phone: 07 3735 5449
Fax: 07 3735 5511
Email: l.wiseman@griffith.edu.au

Qualifications: LLB (Hons), GradDipLegalPrac (QUT), LLM (London)

Leanne Wiseman is Associate Director of ACIPA and an Associate Professor in Law at Griffith University. Prior to joining Griffith University, she was a Senior Lecturer in Law at QUT and worked in private practice and Government as a solicitor. Leanne's primary research interests lie in the field of intellectual property law and her publications are in the fields of intellectual property, contract and company law. She has served as an executive member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) for a number of years and currently remains a member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Leanne is also involved with the Arts Law Centre of Queensland.

Professor Lionel Bently

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow; Professor in Law

Location: University of Cambridge, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law

Email: lb329@cam.ac.uk

Qualifications: BA (Cantab)

Professor Bently is an Adjunct Research Fellow at ACIPA and Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is an internationally recognised researcher and has published widely in all areas of intellectual property law.

Michael Handler

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow

Location: The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Phone: 02 9385 2874
Email: m.handler@unsw.edu.au

Qualifications: BA, LLB (Hons) (Syd), LLM (London)

Michael Handler is an Adjunct Research Fellow at ACIPA and is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The University of New South Wales. Michael was the RIRDC Research Fellow at ACIPA from 2003 to 2005. Michael's current research interests are Intellectual Property, including Copyright, Trade Marks and Geographical Indications and Trade Practices Law.

Associate Professor Mark Lunney

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow; Associate Professor in Law

Location: The University of New England, School of Law

Phone: 02 6773 2713
Fax: 02 6773 3602
Email: mark.lunney@une.edu.au

Qualifications: LLB (Hons), BA (Qld), LLM (Cantab), Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of Queensland and England & Wales

Mark Lunney is an Adjunct Research Fellow at ACIPA and is Associate Professor in the School of Law at The University of New England, Armidale NSW. He obtained his undergraduate degrees from the University of Queensland, before moving to the UK to undertake postgraduate research. He previously taught at the School of Law, King’s College London. Mark’s teaching and research interests are the Torts, the History of Common Law English and Legal Profession, and the relationship between private law and human rights.

Associate Professor Justin Malbon

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow; Dean of Law

Location: Griffith University, Griffith Law School, room 0.06

Phone: 07 3735 6483
Fax : 07 3735 5599
Email: j.malbon@griffith.edu.au

Qualifications: LLB (Adel), LLM (York, Canada), PhD (UNSW), Barrister and Solicitor

Justin Malbon returned to academia from employment in legal practice and government. He is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor, was a Partner in a small Adelaide law firm, and appeared regularly as legal counsel in the Supreme and District courts. After obtaining an LLM in Canada he taught at the Law School, University of Melbourne. He then practiced in a large commercial law firm in Melbourne before taking a senior public sector position in Queensland. He headed the Legislation Branch of the Division of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, advising the government on the Mabo case. He then drafted legislation for three years before returning to academia. Justin's PhD was on the constitutional recognition of indigenous rights.

Kimberlee Weatherall

Position: Adjunct Research Fellow; Senior Lecturer

Location: The University of Queensland, TC Beirne School of Law, Hartley Teakle Bldg, room S612

Phone: 07 3346 7503
Fax : 07 3346 7480
Email: k.weatherall@law.uq.edu.au

Qualifications: BA LLB (Hons) (USyd), BCL (Oxford), LLM (Yale)

Kimberlee Weatherall is a Senior Lecturer in the TC Beirne School of Law at The University of Queensland, and an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture. Her research interests span intellectual property. She has a particular interest in three broad areas: enforcement of intellectual property rights, the effects of bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) on IP law, and issues concerning surrounding the intersection between copyright law and technology.  She is currently working on the role of ‘outsiders’ (competitors, NGOs, and others) in the IP system, particularly in challenging and defining particular IP rights.  Kim joins The University of Queensland after 3 years as Associate Director (Law) of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia at The University of Melbourne.  She has previous worked at The University of Sydney, and holds degrees from Oxford University and Yale University, specialising in intellectual property and property theory.