By Professor Michael Handler

Conference Presentations

Handler M, 2011, 'Trademarks and Enforcement in Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements', presented at WTO Advanced Regional Seminar for WTO Members and Observers in Asia and the Pacific, Challenges of Branding in a Developing World, Singapore, 14 November 2011 - 18 November 2011

Handler M, 2011, 'Trademarks, Domain Names and New gTLDs: Legal Issues', presented at WTO Advanced Regional Seminar for WTO Members and Observers in Asia and the Pacific, Challenges of Branding in a Developing World, Singapore, 14 November 2011 - 18 November 2011

Handler M, 2011, 'Dilution: The Current Landscape, or, Is There a There There?', presented at Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ), Sydney, 25 August 2011

Handler M, 2011, 'Use of a Trade Mark and Use as a Trade Mark: Recent Australian Developments', presented at Australasian IP Academics Conference, University of New South Wales, 04 February 2011 - 05 February 2011

Handler M, 2009, 'Trade Marks and Geographical Indications in the AUSFTA', presented at 2009 Fulbright Symposium: The US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: The Last Five Years, the Next Five Years, Canberra, 24 August 2009 - 25 August 2009

Handler M, 2008, 'The Legal Protection of High Technology in Australia', presented at Peking University Law School, Beijing, 06 June 2008

Handler M, 2008, 'Section 120(3) and the Dilution Mirage', presented at Trademark Regatta - Asia Pacific, International Trade Mark Association (INTA), Sydney, 11 March 2008 - 12 March 2008

Handler M, 2007, 'Trade Mark Dilution in Australia?', presented at Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ), Melbourne, 26 July 2007

Handler M, 2006, 'Continuing Problems with Film Copyright', presented at Arts and Humanities Research Council Annual Conference on New Directions in Copyright, Birkbeck School of Law, London, 27 June 2006 - 28 June 2006

Handler M, 2005, 'Lessons from the Google News Copyright Controversy', presented at Google: Infinite Library, Copyright Pirate or Monopolist?, National Institute for Social Sciences and Law Forum, Canberra, 09 December 2005

Handler M, 2004, 'The EU's Geographical Indications Agenda and its Potential Impact on Australia', presented at ACIPA Seminar Series, The Australian National University, Canberra, 02 September 2004

Handler M, 2004, 'Television Broadcast Copyright: The Australian Experience', presented at Arts and Humanities Research Board Annual Conference on New Directions in Copyright, Birkbeck School of Law, London, 29 June 2004 - 30 June 2004

Handler M, 2004, 'Determining the Boundaries of Copyright Subject Matter', presented at 9th Annual ACIPA Copyright Conference, Copyright: Unlucky For Some?, Brisbane, 13 February 2004

Handler M, 2003, 'A Real Pea Souper”: The Panel Case and the Development of the Fair Dealing Defences to Copyright Infringement in Australia', presented at ACIPA Seminar Series, The Australian National University, Canberra, 10 April 2003 - 10 April 2003

Handler M, 2003, 'A Real Pea Souper”: The Panel Case and the Development of the Fair Dealing Defences to Copyright Infringement in Australia', presented at ACIPA Seminar Series, Brisbane, 27 February 2003

Handler M, 2002, 'Use “As a Trade Mark” in the Context of Trade Mark Infringement', presented at Faculty of Law, The Australian National University, Canberra, 18 July 2002

Reports

Handler M, 2022, Australia and the South Pacific in M. Senftleben (ed), Status Report on the Protection Against Unfair Competition in WIPO Member States, World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO/STrad/INF/8 Prov, https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo-strad-inf-8-prov.pdf

Alexander I; Bowrey K; Handler M; Giblin R; Weatherall K, 2022, Submission 15 to Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications Consultation on the Exposure Draft of the Copyright Amendment (Access Reform) Bill 2021, https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/copyrightar2021-submission-no-15-australian-ip-academics.pdf

Bowrey K; Handler M; Aoun F, 2021, Submission to IP Australia’s Indigenous Knowledge Consultation Paper, https://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/sites/default/files/unsw_faculty_law_justice_submission_to_ip_australia_indigenous_knowledge_consultation_28_may_2021-1.pdf

Alexander I; Bowrey KA; Giblin R; Handler M; McKeough J; Pappalardo K; Ricketson S; Suzor N; Weatherall K, 2018, Submission to the Department of Communications and the Arts, Copyright Modernisation Consultation, https://www.communications.gov.au/sites/g/files/net301/f/submissions/alexander_et_al.pdf

Handler M; Burrell R, 2018, Submission 5 to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill 2018, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/IntellectualProperty2018/Submissions

Handler M; Burrell R, 2017, Submission to the Australian Government on Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Intellectual Property Arrangements (Report No. 78, 23 September 2016), https://consult.industry.gov.au/ip/ip-productivity-commission-inquiry/consultation/published_select_respondent

Alexander I; Bond C; Bowrey KA; Burrell R; Handler M; Greenleaf G; Nicol D; Neilsen J; Weatherall K, 2016, Submission 505 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Draft Report, http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/201520/subdr505-intellectual-property.pdf

Weatherall K; Bowrey KA; Handler M; Alexander I, 2016, Submission to Department of Communications on exposure draft of the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2016 (Cth)

Weatherall K; Handler M; Alexander I, 2015, Submission 99 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Issues Paper, http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/194857/sub099-intellectual-property.pdf

Burrell R; Handler M, 2015, Submission 92 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Issues Paper

Burrell R; Handler M, 2014, Response to Attorney-General's Department, Review of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009, Consultation Paper 2, https://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Documents/PPSReview/ResponsesToPaper2/PPSReviewConsultationPaper2Response01.pdf

Alexander I; Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2014, Submission to Attorney-General's Department and Department of Communications, Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2490744

Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2013, Submission 713 to Australian Law Reform Commission on Discussion Paper 79: Copyright and the Digital Economy, http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/713._org_internationalipresearchers.pdf

Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2013, Submission 716 to Australian Law Reform Commission on Discussion Paper 79: Copyright and the Digital Economy, http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/716._org_r_burrell__m_handler_e_hudson_k_weatherall.pdf

Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2012, Submission 278 to Australian Law Reform Commission on Issues Paper 42: Copyright and the Digital Economy, http://www.alrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/subs/278.burrellhandlerhudsonweatherall.pdf

Burrell R; Handler M, 2012, Submission to IP Australia on exposure draft of the Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (Cth)

Handler M, 2012, Australia and the South Pacific in M. Senftleben (ed), Study on Misappropriation of Signs, World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, CDIP/9/INF/5, http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/cdip_9/cdip_9_inf_5.pdf

Handler M; Burrell R, 2011, Submission to IP Australia on exposure draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 (Cth), http://ipaustralia.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=22168050

Handler M; Burrell R, 2005, Commercialisation and Management of Intellectual Property – Guidelines for Researchers and Research Managers, Canprint, Canberra, 05-005, https://www.agrifutures.com.au/wp-content/uploads/publications/05-005.pdf

Other

Handler M, 2024, Guest panellist, 5 Wentworth 2024 Trade Marks Seminar, State Library of NSW, https://events.blackbirdrsvp.com/2024-trade-marks-seminar

Handler M, 2019, Review of 'Geographical Indications at the Crossroads of Trade, Development and Culture: Focus on Asia-Pacific' by I. Calboli and W-L. Ng-Loy (eds), Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, vol. 9, pp. 122 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/qmjip.2019.01.07

Handler M, 2018, Review of 'International Intellectual Property and the ASEAN Way: Pathways to Interoperability' by E. Ng and G. Austin (eds), Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, vol. 13, pp. 337 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpy022

Bowrey K; Handler M, 2016, 'Medicare Logo Case Shows the Urgent Need to Update Australia's IP Laws', The Conversation, 30 November 2016, https://theconversation.com/medicare-logo-case-shows-the-urgent-need-to-update-australias-ip-laws-69458

Handler M, 2007, Review of 'Copyright Law in the Digital Society: The Challenges of Multimedia' by T. Aplin, European Law Review, vol. 32, pp. 422 - 424

Handler M, 2005, 'Lessons from the Google News Controversy', openDemocracy, 16 December 2005, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/google_3130jsp/

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