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UPCOMING EVENTS
CMCL & ERRN (VIC) Joint Seminar: Election Talk: Issues in Election Communications Law and Practice in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Unites States
Date: Wednesday 9 th May 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Speaker: Dr Murray Green
Description:
There is an assumption in many common law jurisdictions that freedom of speech during an election campaign should be protected. But this is not the only regulatory concern during election campaigns. Some jurisdictions regulate for equality of opportunity to participate in the electoral process. In other jurisdictions there is a focus on fostering election deliberation about issues before the electorate. Most regulatory attention is on the impact of the broadcast media during election campaigns rather than on other media forms including print. But are there limits to government interest in regulatory intervention in the broadcast media during election campaigns?
This presentation examines the response of three jurisdictions to these issues and from the perspective of deliberative democracy advocates a five element framework for the development of election communications law. Several superior court cases from each jurisdiction are assessed and the practice of election lawyers and regulators from across the three jurisdictions provide the basis of a socio-legal analysis of how election communications law is devised and practised.
Dr Murray Green is a Research Associate at the Communications Law Centre, University of Technology, Sydney. Until March this year he was Director International at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where he had responsibility for Australian Network television, Radio Australia and ABC International Development. Murray was for ten years also responsible for the monitoring for accuracy and fairness in ABC election coverage of federal, state and territory elections. The topic of the seminar was his doctoral thesis at the Melbourne Law School. He is also a graduate in law from the University of New England and the Australian National University.
Murray's interests include legal and regulatory issues in a converged media environment as well as the development of media regulation in Asia and the Pacific.
To view the seminar flyer, please click here
To register, please click here
Registrations essential
Venue: Room 920, Level 9
Address: Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street Carlton VIC 3053
Contact Person: Clarissa Terry (CMCL) or Jean Goh (ERRN)
Contact Details: law-cmcl@unimelb.edu.au or law-errn@unimelb.edu.au
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ANNOUNCING:
The
winner of the CMCL Medal 2011
Roxanne Burd, 'To Supress,
Or Not to Supress; Protecting the Right to a
Fair Trial in the Twenty-First Century'
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Net Neutrality: European and Comparative Approaches
Free public seminar presented by CMCL
Presented by Dr Chris Marsden
Net neutrality is a growing policy controversy, which must be traced in its policy history, examined and defined, and its two elements separated: the present net neutrality 'lite' debate and the emerging net neutrality 'heavy' concerned with fibre access networks in the future. In this talk, Dr Marsden will explain its past, explore the legislation and regulation of its present, and explain that economics and human rights will both play a part in its future. There are net neutrality laws in the Netherlands, Chile and Finland, regulation in the United States and Canada, co-regulation in Norway, and self-regulation in Japan, the United Kingdom and many other European countries. It is a debate which has existed for at least twelve years, and service quality increases with the demand on the network for more attractive fixed and mobile/wireless services.
Melbourne: Tuesday 13 March 2012
Melbourne Law School
185 Pelham St Carlton, VIC
Seminar contact and registration: law-cmcl@unimelb.edu.au
Sydney: Thursday 22 March 2012
Corrs Chamber Westgarth
1 Farrer Place Sydney, NSW
Registration: competition@corrs.com.au
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Dr Philip Williams, Chair, Frontier Economics, Melbourne
The Honorable Michael Kirby, AC CMG
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Free public seminar presented by CMCL
This seminar is dedicated to recent developments in open justice in the courts in England and Wales.
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and
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The CMCL Medal 2011
New Voices in Media
Law
The CMCL Medal seeks succinct,
innovative analyses of contemporary issues in
media law
Finalists:
Roxanne Burd, 'To Supress,
Or Not to Supress; Protecting the Right to a
Fair Trial in the Twenty-First Century'
Sara Phung, 'Function
Not Form: Protecting Sources of Bloggers'
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from Piggybacking'
Final Presentation Dinner
- Monday 5 September 2011
Place: University
House, The University of Melbourne, Central
Parkville Campus
Time: 6.30 pm pre-dinner drinks for
a 7.00 pm starts
Please click here
to view flyer
Please click here
for dinner registration form
Please click here
for entry form
Please click
here to view flyer
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Enforcement, Enforcement, What Enforcement?
Free public seminar presented by IPRIA in association with CMCL
This event is generously hosted by Blake Dawson
Intellectual property piracy and counterfeiting remains rampant in China, countries in southeast Asia, as well as other developing countries. Yet, these countries continue to disagree with developed countries over international intellectual property enforcement standards. What types of standards exist today? Why can't countries agree on harmonizing their standards? Can the new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the growing number of free trade agreements strengthen intellectual property enforcement in the developing world? What do we need to do to provide intellectual property rights holders with meaningful and sustainable protection
Speaker: Professor Peter K Yu- Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property and Director, Intellectual Property Law Center , Drake University Law School , USA
EVENT DETAILS
MELBOURNE : Friday 27 May – Blake Dawson, Level 26, 181 William Street MELBOURNE , 1pm – 2pm (Registration from 12:30pm)
SYDNEY : Wednesday 1 June – Blake Dawson, Level 36, 225 George Street SYDNEY , 1pm – 2pm (Registration from 12:30pm)
Please click here to register for this event or cut and paste the following link into your web browser:
http://www.ipria.org/events/seminar/2011/PeterYu/Enforcement.html
To view the flyer – please click here
SEMINAR CONTACT: Michelle Wilson, IPRIA, Alan Gilbert Building, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010
Telephone: (03) 8344 2153 Fax: (03) 8344 2111
Email: mawils@unimelb.edu.au
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PhD Completion Seminar
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DATE: Friday 20th May 2011
TIME: 1.00 - 2.00 pm
VENUE: Room 920, Level 9, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
For further information contact: law-cmcl@unimelb.edu.au
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Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Mapping the Global Interface
EVENT DETAILS
MELBOURNE
DATE: Wednesday 11 May, 6pm - 7:30pm (Refreshments from 5:30pm)
VENUE: Melbourne Law School (Theatre G08, Ground Floor), 185 Pelham Street , CARLTON
SYDNEY
DATE: Monday 16 May, 6pm - 7:30pm (Refreshments from 5:30pm)
VENUE: UTS Law School, Block B (CM05B.03.18 Law Conference Room), Building 5 cnr Quay St & Ultimo Rd, HAYMARKET
COST: Free of charge
Please click here for further details.
Please click here to register via the IPRIA website.
Please click here to view the flyer
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Brandjacking on Social Networks: Trademark Infringement by Impersonation of Markholders
Lisa P. Ramsey, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Should trademark infringement law apply to the unauthorized use of trademarked brand names in expression on Facebook, Twitter, and other social network sites?
EVENT DETAILS
MELBOURNE
DATE: Tuesday 15th March, 2011
VENUE: Baker & McKenzie, Level 19, CBW, 181 William Street , Melbourne
SYDNEY
DATE: Thursday 17th March, 2011
VENUE: Baker & McKenzie, Level 27, AMP Centre, 50 Bridge Street , Sydney
For further details click here.
To view the paper from the seminar click here .
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