Intellectual Property Attorney
Given that one of our frequent commenters here is an Australian-based attorney, I though I’d ask if he (or anyone else) happens to know a certain law professor at Australian Catholic University, pictured here and described below. Apparently, she’s “not just anybody” in the field of IP protection, though she’d hate me for saying that; she’s quite humble (or at least she was when I knew her 40 years ago).
From a blurb written in 2015:
Dr. Elizabeth Crawford Spencer is Associate Professor of Law at Australian Catholic University in Sydney and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Bond University on the Gold Coast. She conducts research and writes about contracting relationships, regulation, intellectual property and social enterprise. In the area of franchising law she has published many articles as well as two books, The Regulation of Franchising in the New Global Economy and an edited volume, Relational Rights and Responsibilities: Perspectives on Contractual Arrangements in Franchising. She is currently conducting research about contracting in development cooperation and the management of intellectual property in social enterprise, and is collaborating on a new text, Franchising Law and Regulation in Australia and New Zealand to be published by ThomsonReuters in 2016.
Publications here.
Craig,
Dr. Elizabeth Spence is a very highly regarded lawyer and published author of many renowned and definitive works.
I have had the honour of making her acquaintance at several functions over the years and found her a ferociously intelligent and completely charming human being.
Bond University and the NSW campus of the Australian Catholic University are smaller and less prestigious educational institutions than the larger State Universities, especially the Law faculties of Melbourne and Sydney Universities.