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PROF SAM RICKETSON



Contact Details

Organization: Law
Position: PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Sam%20Ricketson
Work: +61 3 834 41016
Room: 0947
Level: 09
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Intellectual property Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne
LL D University of London
Bachelor of Laws University of Melbourne
Master of Laws University of London

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Victorian Bar Barrister 27-May-2000

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 01-Dec-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Books

  • Landmarks in Australian intellectual property law
    Year: 2009
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Of vice-chancellors and authors: UNSW v Moorhouse
    Year: 2009
    Book: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Situating intellectual property law: introducing landmark Australian cases
    Year: 2009
    Book: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • The union label case: an early Australian IP story
    Year: 2009
    Book: Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2008

Books

Journal Articles

  • Separating Sony sheep from Grokster (and Kazaa) goats: Reckoning future business plans of copyright-dependent technology entrepreneurs
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Intellectual Property Journal
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 10-42
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Trade mark liability issues arising out of internet advertising
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-28
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond (Volume I and II)
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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  • The law of intellectual property: Copyright, designs and confidential information
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Thomson Lawbook Co(North Ryde)
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Book Chapters

  • Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Come of Age: Digitization and International Trade
    Year: 2006
    Book: International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond (Volume I & II)
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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  • Copyright, Privacy and Digital Rights Management (DRM)
    Year: 2006
    Book: New Dimensions in Privacy Law
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Restrictions on the Exercise of Rights: Limitations and Exceptions
    Year: 2006
    Book: International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond (Volume I and II)
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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  • The Berne Convention and Neighbouring Rights
    Year: 2006
    Book: International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond (Volume I and II)
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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  • Treaty Interpretation and the Concept of Union
    Year: 2006
    Book: International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond (Volume I and II)
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Inducers and authorisers: A comparison of the US Supreme Court's Grokster decision and the Australian Federal Court's KaZaa ruling


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Media and Arts Law Review
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-25
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Intellectual property: Cases, materials and commentary
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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  • The law of intellectual property: Copyright, designs and confidential information: supplement no 6
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Thomson Lawbook Co(North Ryde)
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Journal Articles

  • Intellectual property as a field of research and scholarly inquiry: Jim Lahore as the pioneer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Intellectual Property Forum
    Volume: March 2005
    Issue: 60
    Page numbers: 10-17
    Publisher: Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • The Law of Intellectual Property: Copyright, design and confidential information: supplement no 5
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Lawbook Co(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • Extending the term of protection - a current issue for Australia
    Year: 2004
    Book: Urheberrecht im informationzeitalter: Festschrift fur Wilhelm Nordemann zum 70 Geburtstag am 8 Januar 2004
    Publisher: Beck(Munich)
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  • The Berne Convention: The continued relevance of an ancient text
    Year: 2004
    Book: Intellectual property in the new millennium: Essays in honour of William R Cornish
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Universities and intellectual property: Ownership and exploitation
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Business method patents - A matter of convenience
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Intellectual Property Quarterly
    Volume: 2003
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 97-130
    Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell(London)
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Reports

  • WIPO study on limitations and exceptions of copyright and related rights in the digital environment
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: World Intellectual Property Organisation(Geneva)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Copyright Administration in Australia: The Role and Functions of the Copyright Tribunal.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Copyright: Administrative Institutions.
    Publisher: Editions Yvon Blais - une societie Thomson(Montreal)
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  • Intellectual Property and Human Rights.
    Year: 2002
    Book: Commercial Law and Human Rights.
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Applying the Three-Step Test in the Digital Environment.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Copyright Reporter: Journal of the Copyright Society of Australia
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2 & 3
    Page numbers: 73-81
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