By Professor Michael Handler

Journal articles

Handler M, 2024, 'Use ‘as a Trade Mark’ as a Threshold Requirement for Infringement: A Trans-Tasman Success Story?', New Zealand Law Review, pp. forthcoming - forthcoming

Handler M, 2024, 'Preventing Unfair Competition in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Countries: The Intertwined Roles of Passing Off and Consumer Protection Statutes', Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 19, pp. 109 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpad107

Senftleben M; Handler M; Calboli I, 2024, 'Protection against Unfair Competition around the Globe', Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 19, pp. 79 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpad121

Burrell R; Handler M, 2022, 'Zombie Marks Redux: Is Australia Safe from the New Zealand Variant?', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 33, pp. 19 - 33, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4746350

Handler M; Burrell R, 2021, 'Zombie Marks Invade New Zealand! How Scared Should the Rest of the World Be?', Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 21, pp. 275 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14729342.2021.1991147

Handler M, 2021, 'Trade Mark Law's Identity Crisis (Part 2)', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44, pp. 456 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/PHFT8022

Handler M, 2021, 'Trade Mark Law's Identity Crisis (Part 1)', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44, pp. 392 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/EROC6525

Handler M, 2018, 'Reconsidering the Need for Defences to Permit Disclosures of Confidential Copyright Material on Public Interest Grounds', Journal of Equity, 12, pp. 195 - 226, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3776888

Handler M, 2018, 'Disentangling Functionality, Distinctiveness and Use in Australian Trade Mark Law', Melbourne University Law Review, 42, pp. 55 - 116, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2892682/02-Handler.pdf

Burrell R; Handler M, 2016, 'A Requiem for Champagne Heidsieck: Trade Mark Use and Parallel Importation', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 26, pp. 110 - 130, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2803044

Burrell R; Handler M, 2016, 'Reputation in European Trade Mark Law: A Re-examination', ERA Forum, 17, pp. 85 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12027-016-0419-2

Handler M, 2016, 'What Can Harm the Reputation of a Trademark? A Critical Re-evaluation of Dilution by Tarnishment', Trademark Reporter, 106, pp. 639 - 692, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2817299

Handler M, 2015, 'All That Glitters Is Not Gold: A Critical Assessment of Trade Mark Distinctiveness under Australian Law, Part 1', Intellectual Property Forum, 101, pp. 14 - 27, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2803031

Handler M, 2015, 'Grey Skies and Silver Linings: A Critical Assessment of Trade Mark Distinctiveness under Australian Law, Part 2', Intellectual Property Forum, 102, pp. 15 - 30, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2803060

Handler M, 2014, ''Relocating the Law of Geographcial Indications' by Dev Gangjee', IP Law Book Review, 4, pp. 21 - 31, http://gguiplc.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Handler_Relocating.114154616.pdf

Handler M; Burrell R, 2014, 'Reconciling Use-based and Registration-based Rights within the Trade Mark System: What the Problems with Section 58A of the Trade Marks Act Tell Us', Federal Law Review, 42, pp. 91 - 119, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2460190

Handler M; Burrell R, 2013, 'Zombie Marks? Ceased Registrations, Failed Applications and Citation Objections under Section 44 of the Trade Marks Act', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 23, pp. 206 - 221, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2212099

Burrell R; Handler M, 2012, 'Rethinking the Presumption of Registrability in Trade Mark Law', Monash University Law Review, 38, pp. 148 - 172, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MonashULawRw/2012/8.html

Burrell R; Handler M, 2011, 'The PPSA and Registered Trade Marks: When Bureaucratic Systems Collide', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 34, pp. 600 - 627, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLawJl/2011/26.html

Burrell R; Handler M, 2008, 'Dilution and Trademark Registration', Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, 17, pp. 713 - 756, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1144362

Burrell R; Handler M, 2007, 'The Intersection between Registered and Unregistered Trade Marks', Federal Law Review, 35, pp. 375 - 397, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/FedLawRw/2007/15.html

Handler M, 2007, 'Trade Mark Dilution in Australia?', European Intellectual Property Review, 29, pp. 307 - 318, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1398622

Handler M, 2006, 'The WTO Geographical Indications Dispute', Modern Law Review, 69, pp. 70 - 80, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2230.2006.00577_1.x

Handler M, 2005, 'The Distinctive Problem of European Trade Mark Law', European Intellectual Property Review, 27, pp. 306 - 312

Handler M, 2004, 'The EU's Geographical Indications Agenda and its Potential Impact on Australia', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 15, pp. 173 - 195

Handler M; Rolph D, 2003, 'A Real Pea Souper: The Panel Case and the Development of the Fair Dealing Defences to Copyright Infringement in Australia', Melbourne University Law Review, 27, pp. 381 - 422, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MelbULawRw/2003/15.html

Handler M, 2003, 'Before the High Court: The Panel Case and Television Broadcast Copyright', Sydney Law Review, 25, pp. 391 - 408, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLawRw/2003/18.html

Burrell R; Handler M, 2003, 'Making Sense of Trade Mark Law', Intellectual Property Quarterly, pp. 388 - 410

Handler M, 1999, 'Internet Domain Names and Trade Mark Law', Digital Technology Law Journal, 1, pp. 4 - 4, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/DigTechLawJl/1999/4.html

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