Professor Andrew Christie

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Davies Collison Cave Chair of Intellectual Property



BSc, LLB (Hons) (Melb), LLM (London), PhD (Cambridge)

Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia

Registered Trade Marks Attorney, Australia

Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)

Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb)

Professor Christie's personal webpage is here.

Andrew Christie was appointed as the first Davies Collison Cave Professor of Intellectual Property in 2002. From March 2002 to June 2008 he was the founding Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), a national centre for multi-disciplinary research on the law, economics and management of intellectual property. IPRIA is based at the University of Melbourne, and is a joint enterprise of the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, and the Melbourne Business School.

Professor Christie is admitted to legal practice in Australia and the United Kingdom, and worked for many years in the intellectual property departments of law firms in Melbourne and London. He has particular expertise in the application of copyright, patent and trade mark law to the digital environment, and in patent protection for biotechnological innovations. He is a former member of the Copyright Law Review Committee appointed by the federal Attorney-General, and is a current member of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property appointed by the federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources.

In July 2005 Professor Christie was identified by the leading international magazine Managing IP as one of the world's 50 most influential people in intellectual property.


Areas of Expertise:

Teaching:
The Melbourne JD:
  • Cyberlaw (2012)


  • Other Faculty and University Responsibilities

    Co-Director of Studies, Graduate Program in Intellectual Property, Melbourne Law School.

    Member, MLM Committee, Melbourne Law School.

    Member, JD Committee, Melbourne Law School.


    Memberships and Affiliations

    Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Law, Information and Science.

    Member, Editorial and Advisory Board, International Journal of Information Policy and Law.

    Member, Executive Committee, International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property.

     


    Other

    Member, Panel of Neutrals, World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center, Geneva (adjudicating domain name disputes under theUDRP).


    Andrew Christie


    Curriculum Vitae (.com)
     
    Phone:
    +61 3 834 46201
     
    Email:
    Andrew Christie
     
    Room:
    0929