Copyright challenges can become opportunities on the road ahead and this panel of experts will show you how in this examination of copyright essentials. Embrace AI's potential with confidence, knowing your intellectual property rights are secure. Capitalise on key features of the Copyright Act to protect your creations and ensure seamless software development agreements. From IP ownership to licensing, we've got you covered. And the question that remains is: See you online? WEB2311Q03

Presenters

Ben Coogan, Partner, Thomson Geer
Ben Coogan, Partner, Thomson Geer Ben Coogan is a Partner at Thomson Geer Lawyers and practises in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation, information technology, franchising, defamation, competition and consumer law and trade mark prosecution. Ben advises and litigates disputes relating to competition and consumer, confidential information and trade secrets law. Ben is a qualified mediator and regularly acts as mediator in a variety of disputes. He has written various articles and presented seminars on topics including intellectual property disputes, franchising and competition and consumer law, and completed his Masters of Laws specialising in commercial and intellectual property law.


Ms. Nicole Murdoch, Principal, EAGLEGATE Lawyers
Nicole is the Principal of EAGLEGATE Lawyers and a recommended Lawyer in the 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2018 listing of Leading Queensland Intellectual Property Lawyers - Doyles Guide. As a qualified Lawyer, Electrical Engineer and Trade Marks Attorney, Nicole's qualifications and practical experience allow her to fully comprehend the nexus of the law, technology and business to provide advice to her clients - which is both commercially sensible and technically practical. Nicole's legal experience includes Intellectual Property litigation including, trade mark, patent, copyright and domain name disputes and associated misleading and deceptive conduct, confidential information and passing off disputes. She also acts in Information Theft cases to prepare clients for data breaches, assists upon a breach, gives advice in respect of mandatory data breach notifications and prosecutes insider threats.


Hayley Tarr, Principal, Tarr Law
Hayley has a Bachelor of Science majoring in genetics, a Bachelor of laws with first class honours, and a Masters of Industrial Property Law. She is admitted as a patent and trade marks attorney, a solicitor in the state of Queensland, and an attorney in the state of New York, USA. Having worked for top tier firms such as Allens and Minter Ellison, and taught at Bond University, Hayley founded Tarr Law in January 2020. Tarr Law is a boutique intellectual property law firm, able to assist clients in all intellectual property matters including: trade marks, copyright, designs, domain names, patents, and IP disputes. In addition to running Tarr Law, Hayley dedicates a great deal of time as a volunteer mediator for Bayside Community Legal Centre. Hayley is also a mentor for the Gold Coast Innovation Hub, and is a Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2023 Finalist. In other community engagement initiatives, Hayley participated in the St Vinnies CEO Sleepout to raise money for the homeless in June 2022 and will be a speaker and chair at Legalwise Seminars in October and November 2022. Everything Hayley does is for the sake of her two beautiful daughters. When she is not in the office, you’ll find her seeking out new and adventurous experiences with her girls. Please do not hesitate to reach out. Hayley would love to assist you with your intellectual property needs.


Dr. Adrian McCullagh, Principal, ODMOB Lawyers
Adrian has degrees in Computer Science and Law as well as a Ph.D. in IT Security. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Information Security Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. He has been practicing in IT law for more than 30 years being one of the pioneer IT lawyers within Australia. He is a member of the Queensland Law Society and a member of the American Bar Association and participate in the Information Security Forum. In 1999 he was the QUT Faculty of Information Technology Alumnus of the year. Even though in private practice he continues to undertake research matters with academics at the Griffith University and the University of Queensland and has published in a wide variety of academic journals in the USA, UK and Australia. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Committee for the Queensland Law Society. Adrian’s current research interests include Telecoms security, IT security, IT governance, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and its uses in supply chain management, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and Identity Management. He is also investigating the impact of autonomous vehicles and machine learning and their policy considerations.