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Professor Michael Handler

Professor Michael Handler

Professor
Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Michael is a Professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice and the former Head of the School of Private and Commercial Law (2021-24). He researches in the field of intellectual property law, focusing in particular on national and international trade mark law, the international regulation of geographical indications of origin, and copyright law.

Michael is the co-author, with Professor Robert Burrell,听of Australian Trade Mark Law (LexisNexis, 3rd ed, 2024), one of the leading texts on the topic. He is also the co-author, with Professors听Kathy Bowrey, Dianne Nicol, Jane Nielsen and Kimberlee Weatherall,听of听Australian Intellectual Property: Commentary, Law and Practice (Oxford University Press,听3rd ed, 2021). He has written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on various aspects of local and international intellectual property law, in publications including the Modern Law Review, Melbourne University Law Review, Federal Law Review, 糖心logo Law Journal, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal听and the Trademark Reporter. He has听also co-authored influential submissions to government law reform inquiries.

Michael was also a co-investigator, with Professor Kathy Bowrey, on the Australian Research Council funded project 'Entertainment Rights in the Age of the Franchise: A Reappraisal of Personality Rights under Australian Intellectual Property Laws' (2009-11), the key output of which was the acclaimed edited collection,听Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

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Phone
+61 2 9065 6585
E-mail
m.handler@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 311, The Law Building, University of New South Wales - Kensington Campus, 糖心logo Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Books | 2024
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2024, Australian Trade Mark Law (3rd edition), LexisNexis, Sydney,
    Books | 2021
    Bowrey K; Handler M; Nicol D; Nielsen J; Weatherall K, 2021, Australian Intellectual Property: Commentary, Law and Practice (3rd edition), Oxford University Press, Melbourne,
    Books | 2016
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2016, Australian Trade Mark Law (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, Melbourne
    Books | 2015
    Bowrey K; Handler M; Nicol D; Weatherall K, 2015, Australian Intellectual Property: Commentary, Law and Practice (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, Melbourne
    Books | 2010
    Bowrey K; Handler M; Nicol D, 2010, Australian Intellectual Property: Commentary, Law and Practice, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
    Books | 2010
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2010, Australian Trade Mark Law, Original, Oxford University Press, Melbourne
    Books | 2008
    Handler L; Handler M, 2008, Mason & Handler鈥檚 Introduction to the Succession Act 2006: The Law of Wills, LexisNexis Butterworths, North Ryde
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2024, 'The Garden Path and the Road Not Taken: The Australian Approach to Trade Mark Ownership and Its Connection with a Lost Model of Trade Mark Registration', in Bently L; Bone R (ed.), Research Handbook on the History of Trademark Law, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 192 - 219,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Handler M, 2023, 'Reimagining Trademark Exhaustion: Does Australia's New Defense Offer a Way Forward?', in Beebe B; Sun H (ed.), Charting Limitations on Trademark Rights, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 213 - 236,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Alexander I; Handler M, 2021, 'Leaders and Litigants: Looking for Women in Copyright Cases', in Bowrey K (ed.), Feminist Perspectives on Law, Law Schools and Law Reform: Essays in Honour of Professor Jill McKeough, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 118 - 146,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2021, '(Re)claiming Trade Mark Protection', in Dinwoodie G; Janis M (ed.), Research Handbook on Trademark Law Reform, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 51 - 76,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Handler M; Hudson E, 2021, 'Fair Use As an Advance on Fair Dealing? Depolarizing the Debate', in Balganesh S; Ng-Loy W-L; Sun H (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 140 - 157,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2020, 'Keyword Advertising and Actionable Consumer Confusion', in Aplin T (ed.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 426 - 444,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2020, 'Trademark Transactions in Common Law Countries: Liberalisation and Its Limits', in Calboli I; Ginsburg J (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of International and Comparative Trademark Law, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 607 - 619,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Handler M, 2018, 'What Should Constitute Infringement of a Non-Traditional Mark? The Role of "Trademark Use"', in Calboli I; Senftleben M (ed.), The Protection of Non-Traditional Trademarks: Critical Perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 165 - 184,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Handler M, 2017, 'Recoding Famous Brands in Advertising and in Entertainment Products: Case Studies on the So-called Harms of Trade Mark Dilution', in Richardson M; Ricketson S (ed.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property in Media and Entertainment, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 290 - 315,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2016, 'Registering Security Interests over Trademarks in Australia: Theory and Practice', in Calboli I; De Werra J (ed.), The Law and Practice of Trademark Transactions: A Global and Local Outlook, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 197 - 219
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'Rethinking GI Extension', in Gangjee DS (ed.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 146 - 182,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Handler M; Mercurio B, 2015, 'Intellectual Property', in Lester S; Mercurio B; Bartels L (ed.), Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Commentary and Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 324 - 363
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Bowrey KA; Handler M, 2014, 'Franchise Dynamics, Creativity and the Law', in Bowrey K; Handler M (ed.), Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 3 - 26,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Bowrey KA; Handler M, 2014, 'Instituting Copyright: Reconciling Copyright Law and Industry Practice in the Australian Film and Television Sector', in Bowrey KA; Handler M (ed.), Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 140 - 169,
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2011, 'GI Blues: The Global Disagreement over Geographical Indications', in Bowrey K; Handler M; Nicol D (ed.), Emerging Challenges in Intellectual Property, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 126 - 144,
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Handler M; Mercurio BC, 2009, 'Intellectual Property', in Lester S; Mercurio B (ed.), Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Commentary and Analysis, edn. Original, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 308 - 341,
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Handler M, 2007, 'Continuing Problems with Film Copyright', in MacMillan F (ed.), New Directions in Copyright Law: Volume 6, edn. Original, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 173 - 195,
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Handler M, 2006, 'Television Broadcast Copyright: The Australian Experience', in Macmillan F (ed.), New Directions in Copyright Law: Volume 2, edn. 2, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, pp. 159 - 178
  • Edited Books | 2014
    Bowrey KA; Handler M; Bowrey K, (eds.), 2014, Law and Creativity in the Age of the Entertainment Franchise, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK,
    Edited Books | 2011
    Bowrey KA; Handler M; Nicol D, (eds.), 2011, Emerging Challenges in Intellectual Property, Oxford University Press, Melbourne,
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2025, 'Who Reads the Trade Marks Register?', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 45, pp. forthcoming - forthcoming,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Handler M, 2024, 'Preventing Unfair Competition in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Countries: The Intertwined Roles of Passing Off and Consumer Protection Statutes', Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 19, pp. 109 - 118,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Handler M, 2024, 'Use 鈥榓s a Trade Mark鈥 as a Threshold Requirement for Infringement: A Trans-Tasman Success Story?', New Zealand Law Review, pp. 341 - 363,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Senftleben M; Handler M; Calboli I, 2024, 'Protection against Unfair Competition around the Globe', Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 19, pp. 79 - 80,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2022, 'Zombie Marks Redux: Is Australia Safe from the New Zealand Variant?', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 33, pp. 19 - 33,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2021, 'Zombie Marks Invade New Zealand! How Scared Should the Rest of the World Be?', Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 21, pp. 275 - 294,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Handler M, 2021, 'Trade Mark Law's Identity Crisis (Part 1)', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44, pp. 392 - 421,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Handler M, 2021, 'Trade Mark Law's Identity Crisis (Part 2)', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44, pp. 456 - 486,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Handler M, 2018, 'Disentangling Functionality, Distinctiveness and Use in Australian Trade Mark Law', Melbourne University Law Review, 42, pp. 55 - 116,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Handler M, 2018, 'Reconsidering the Need for Defences to Permit Disclosures of Confidential Copyright Material on Public Interest Grounds', Journal of Equity, 12, pp. 195 - 226,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2016, 'A Requiem for Champagne Heidsieck: Trade Mark Use and Parallel Importation', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 26, pp. 110 - 130,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2016, 'Reputation in European Trade Mark Law: A Re-examination', ERA Forum, 17, pp. 85 - 99,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'What Can Harm the Reputation of a Trademark? A Critical Re-evaluation of Dilution by Tarnishment', Trademark Reporter, 106, pp. 639 - 692,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Handler M, 2015, 'All That Glitters Is Not Gold: A Critical Assessment of Trade Mark Distinctiveness under Australian Law, Part 1', Intellectual Property Forum, 101, pp. 14 - 27,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Handler M, 2015, 'Grey Skies and Silver Linings: A Critical Assessment of Trade Mark Distinctiveness under Australian Law, Part 2', Intellectual Property Forum, 102, pp. 15 - 30,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2014, 'Reconciling Use-based and Registration-based Rights within the Trade Mark System: What the Problems with Section 58A of the Trade Marks Act Tell Us', Federal Law Review, 42, pp. 91 - 119,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Handler M, 2014, ''Relocating the Law of Geographcial Indications' by Dev Gangjee', IP Law Book Review, 4, pp. 21 - 31,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2013, 'Zombie Marks? Ceased Registrations, Failed Applications and Citation Objections under Section 44 of the Trade Marks Act', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 23, pp. 206 - 221,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2012, 'Rethinking the Presumption of Registrability in Trade Mark Law', Monash University Law Review, 38, pp. 148 - 172,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2011, 'The PPSA and Registered Trade Marks: When Bureaucratic Systems Collide', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 34, pp. 600 - 627,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2008, 'Dilution and Trademark Registration', Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, 17, pp. 713 - 756,
    Journal articles | 2007
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2007, 'The Intersection between Registered and Unregistered Trade Marks', Federal Law Review, 35, pp. 375 - 397,
    Journal articles | 2007
    Handler M, 2007, 'Trade Mark Dilution in Australia?', European Intellectual Property Review, 29, pp. 307 - 318,
    Journal articles | 2006
    Handler M, 2006, 'The WTO Geographical Indications Dispute', Modern Law Review, 69, pp. 70 - 80,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Handler M, 2005, 'The Distinctive Problem of European Trade Mark Law', European Intellectual Property Review, 27, pp. 306 - 312
    Journal articles | 2004
    Handler M, 2004, 'The EU's Geographical Indications Agenda and its Potential Impact on Australia', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 15, pp. 173 - 195
    Journal articles | 2003
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2003, 'Making Sense of Trade Mark Law', Intellectual Property Quarterly, pp. 388 - 410
    Journal articles | 2003
    Handler M; Rolph D, 2003, 'A Real Pea Souper: The Panel Case and the Development of the Fair Dealing Defences to Copyright Infringement in Australia', Melbourne University Law Review, 27, pp. 381 - 422,
    Journal articles | 2003
    Handler M, 2003, 'Before the High Court: The Panel Case and Television Broadcast Copyright', Sydney Law Review, 25, pp. 391 - 408,
    Journal articles | 1999
    Handler M, 1999, 'Internet Domain Names and Trade Mark Law', Digital Technology Law Journal, 1, pp. 4 - 4,
  • Other | 2024
    Handler M, 2024, Guest panellist, 5 Wentworth 2024 Trade Marks Seminar, State Library of NSW,
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Handler M, 2023, 'An Academic's View of the Commons', presented at Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA) Annual Conference, Hobart, 26 April 2023 - 27 April 2023
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Handler M, 2023, 'Infringement and Use as a Trade Mark: A Trans-Tasman Success Story?', presented at 20 Years of the Trade Marks Act 2002, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 01 September 2023
    Reports | 2022
    Alexander I; Bowrey K; Handler M; Giblin R; Weatherall K, 2022, Submission 15 to Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications Consultation on the Exposure Draft of the Copyright Amendment (Access Reform) Bill 2021,
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Handler M, 2022, 'Revisiting Trade Mark Tarnishment, post-Brexit', presented at Modern Challenges in IP Law: Conference in Memory of Professor William Cornish, British Law Centre, University of Warsaw, Poland, 02 September 2022 - 03 September 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Handler M, 2022, 'The Test for Substantial Identity - Is There a Shift?', presented at Davies Collison Cave Trade Marks Practice Group, Sydney, 13 April 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Handler M, 2022, 'The Test for Substantial Identity - Is There a Shift?', presented at Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA) Annual Conferece, Kingscliff, 06 April 2022 - 08 April 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Handler M, 2022, 'Using Passing Off and Statutory Consumer Protection Laws to Prevent Unfair Competition', presented at Presentation of a Status Report on Protection Against Unfair Competition in Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, 22 November 2022
    Reports | 2022
    Handler M, 2022, Australia and the South Pacific in M. Senftleben (ed), Status Report on the Protection Against Unfair Competition in WIPO Member States, World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO/STrad/INF/8 Prov,
    Reports | 2021
    Bowrey K; Handler M; Aoun F, 2021, Submission to IP Australia鈥檚 Indigenous Knowledge Consultation Paper,
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Handler M, 2021, 'The Future of Indigenous Knowledge in the Trade Marks and Designs Systems', presented at Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), Melbourne, 30 April 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Handler M, 2020, 'Functional Trade Marks', presented at Institute of Patents and Trade Mark Attorneys, Sydney, 14 May 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Handler M, 2020, 'Functional Trade Marks: Time for Australia to Adopt a New Approach?', presented at INTA Non-Traditional Marks (Asia Pacific) Subcommittee, Sydney, 28 October 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Handler M, 2019, 'Functional Trade Marks: Time for Australia to Adopt a New Approach?', presented at IP Australia, Canberra, 28 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Handler M, 2019, 'Interpreting the Trade Marks Act: What Can Be Learned from Recent Case Law on Substantial Identity', presented at Innovation and Intellectual Property, Federal Court of Australia - Law Council of Australia Joint Conference, Melbourne, 29 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Handler M, 2019, 'Rethinking Trade Mark Exhaustion: Does Australia's New Defence Offer a Way Forward?', presented at 10th Annual INTA Trademark Scholarship Symposium, Boston, 21 May 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Handler M, 2019, 'Rethinking Trade Mark Exhaustion: Does Australia's New Defence Offer a Way Forward?', presented at Limitations on Trademark Rights from Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, University of Hong Kong, 07 January 2019 - 08 January 2019
    Other | 2019
    Handler M, 2019, Review of 'Geographical Indications at the Crossroads of Trade, Development and Culture: Focus on Asia-Pacific' by I. Calboli and W-L. Ng-Loy (eds), Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, vol. 9, pp. 122 - 124,
    Reports | 2018
    Alexander I; Bowrey KA; Giblin R; Handler M; McKeough J; Pappalardo K; Ricketson S; Suzor N; Weatherall K, 2018, Submission to the Department of Communications and the Arts, Copyright Modernisation Consultation,
    Reports | 2018
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2018, Submission 5 to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill 2018,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Handler M, 2018, 'Insights into Substantial Identity', presented at 32nd Annual Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 07 September 2018 - 09 September 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Handler M, 2018, 'Revisiting Public Interest Defences to Copyright Infringement and Breach of Confidence: Do Equitable Doctrines Provide the Answer?', presented at Journal of Equity Conference, Intellectual Property and Equity, Sydney, 01 March 2018
    Other | 2018
    Handler M, 2018, Review of 'International Intellectual Property and the ASEAN Way: Pathways to Interoperability' by E. Ng and G. Austin (eds), Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, vol. 13, pp. 337 - 338,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2017, 'Cluttering', presented at Trade Marks at the Disciplinary Border: Current Australian Interdisciplinary and Empirical Research in Trade Mark Law, University of Melbourne, 20 February 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2017, 'Relative Grounds of Refusal Beyond Double Identity, and Non-Traditional Trade Marks', presented at Benchmarking Course for Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), Singapore, 19 September 2017
    Reports | 2017
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2017, Submission to the Australian Government on Productivity Commission Inquiry Report, Intellectual Property Arrangements (Report No. 78, 23 September 2016), ,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Handler M, 2017, 'Disentangling Functionality, Distinctiveness and Use: The Australian Experience', presented at 8th Annual INTA Trademark Scholarship Symposium, Barcelona, 23 May 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Handler M, 2017, 'Inherent Distinctiveness and Foreign Language Trade Marks: Cantarella Bros v Modena Trading - 3 Years On', presented at Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ), Sydney, 28 August 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Handler M, 2017, 'Inventing Harm: Reassessing the Origins and Reception of the First Trade Mark Anti-Dilution Statutes', presented at 36th ATRIP Congress, The Object and Purpose of Intellectual Property, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand, 24 October 2017 - 26 October 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Handler M, 2017, 'What Should Constitute Infringement of a Non-Traditional Mark? The Role of Trade Mark Use', presented at The Protection of Non-Traditional Marks: Critical Perspectives, Singapore Management University, 26 January 2017 - 27 January 2017
    Reports | 2016
    Alexander I; Bond C; Bowrey KA; Burrell R; Handler M; Greenleaf G; Nicol D; Neilsen J; Weatherall K, 2016, Submission 505 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Draft Report,
    Other | 2016
    Bowrey K; Handler M, 2016, 'Medicare Logo Case Shows the Urgent Need to Update Australia's IP Laws', The Conversation, 30 November 2016,
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'Fair Use As an Advance on Fair Dealing: Which Points of Difference Don't Matter, and Which Ones Do?', presented at Comparative Dimensions of Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright, National University of Singapore, 21 July 2016 - 22 July 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'Non-traditional Trade Marks in Australia: Managing Competition Concerns in the Absence of a Functionality Exclusion', presented at INTA Annual General Meeting, Orlando, FL, 23 May 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'Reconciling Copyright Law and Industry Practice in the Australian Film and Television Sector', presented at Corporate Innovation and Policy Seminar, University of San Diego School of Law, 07 September 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'The Myth of Dilution by Tarnishment', presented at Intellectual Property Law Speakers' Series, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 19 September 2016 - 19 September 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'The Myth of Dilution by Tarnishment', presented at Intellectual Property Law Speakers' Series, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA, 15 September 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Handler M, 2016, 'Trademark Law and Reputational Harm: The Limits of Antidilution Measures', presented at Faculty Colloquium, University of San Diego School of Law, 16 September 2016
    Reports | 2016
    Weatherall K; Bowrey KA; Handler M; Alexander I, 2016, Submission to Department of Communications on exposure draft of the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill 2016 (Cth)
    Reports | 2015
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2015, Submission 92 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Issues Paper
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Handler M, 2015, 'Orders for Removal of Trade Marks from the Register and for the Cancellation of Registrations: Unresolved Issues', presented at Federal Court of Australia/Law Council of Australia (Business Law Section), Judges' Intellectual Property Workshop, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, 28 August 2015 - 29 August 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Handler M, 2015, 'What Can Harm the Reputation of a Trade Mark? A Critical Re-Evaluation of Dilution by Tarnishment', presented at 6th Annual INTA Trademark Scholarship Symposium, San Diego, 04 May 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Handler M, 2015, 'What Can Harm the Reputation of a Trade Mark? A Critical Re-Evaluation of Dilution by Tarnishment', presented at Centre for Media and Communications Law (CMCL) and Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), 2015 IP and Media Law Conference, University of Melbourne, 23 November 2015 - 24 November 2015
    Reports | 2015
    Weatherall K; Handler M; Alexander I, 2015, Submission 99 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Issues Paper,
    Reports | 2014
    Alexander I; Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2014, Submission to Attorney-General's Department and Department of Communications, Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper,
    Reports | 2014
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2014, Response to Attorney-General's Department, Review of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009, Consultation Paper 2,
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Handler M, 2014, 'A Critical Assessment of Trade Mark Distinctiveness and Descriptiveness under Australian Law', presented at 28th Annual Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand, 19 September 2014 - 21 September 2014,
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Handler M, 2014, 'Trade Mark Dilution by Tarnishment: A Critical Re-evaluation', presented at Seminar Series, University of Auckland Business School, 17 September 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Bowrey K; Handler M, 2013, 'Instituting Copyright: Reconciling Copyright Law and Industry Practice in the Buying and Selling of TV Formats', presented at 5th Annual International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property (ISHTIP) Workshop, Cultural Economy and Intellectual Property, Universite Pantheon-Assas (Paris 2), 26 June 2013 - 28 June 2013
    Reports | 2013
    Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2013, Submission 713 to Australian Law Reform Commission on Discussion Paper 79: Copyright and the Digital Economy,
    Reports | 2013
    Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2013, Submission 716 to Australian Law Reform Commission on Discussion Paper 79: Copyright and the Digital Economy, Australian Law Reform Commission,
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'How Non-Legal Conceptions of the Consumer Can Help Trade Mark Law', presented at Can We Test Trade Mark's Image of the Consumer? Interdisciplinary Workshop, Broome, WA, 22 August 2013 - 23 August 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'Trade Marks and Plain Packaging: Lessons from the Australian Experience', presented at VU Centre for Law and Governance, International Lecture Series, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 20 June 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'What is the Relationship between Passing Off and Consumer Protection Legislation? What Should it Be?', presented at The Consumer in Trade Mark Law Workshop, University of Sydney, 19 August 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'Zombie Marks? Ceased Registrations, Failed Applications and Citation Objections', presented at Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (IPTA), Adelaide, 12 March 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'Zombie Marks? Ceased Registrations, Failed Applications and Citation Objections', presented at Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (IPTA), Melbourne, 28 February 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'Zombie Marks? Ceased Registrations, Failed Applications and Citation Objections', presented at Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (IPTA), Sydney, 04 March 2013 - 04 March 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Handler M, 2013, 'Zombie Marks? Ceased Registrations, Failed Applications and Citation Objections', presented at Institute of Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (IPTA), Sydney, 26 February 2013
    Reports | 2012
    Burrell R; Handler M; Hudson E; Weatherall K, 2012, Submission 278 to Australian Law Reform Commission on Issues Paper 42: Copyright and the Digital Economy, Australian Law Reform Commission,
    Reports | 2012
    Burrell R; Handler M, 2012, Submission to IP Australia on exposure draft of the Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (Cth)
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Handler M, 2012, 'A Critical Look at Trade Mark Dilution by Tarnishment in the EU and US', presented at Faculty of Law Seminar Series, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 04 September 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Handler M, 2012, 'How Does the Personal Property Securities Act Intersect with IP Laws?', presented at LexisNexis Personal Property Securities 2012 Conference, Sydney, 14 June 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Handler M, 2012, 'The Personal Property Securities Act and Registered Trade Marks', presented at Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ), Sydney, 27 March 2012
    Reports | 2012
    Handler M, 2012, Australia and the South Pacific in M. Senftleben (ed), 糖心logo on Misappropriation of Signs, World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, CDIP/9/INF/5,
    Reports | 2011
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2011, Submission to IP Australia on exposure draft of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 (Cth),
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Handler M, 2011, 'Collective Ownership of Geographical Terms - A Comparative Overview', presented at WTO Advanced Regional Seminar for WTO Members and Observers in Asia and the Pacific, Challenges of Branding in a Developing World, Singapore, 14 November 2011 - 18 November 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Handler M, 2011, 'Dilution: The Current Landscape, or, Is There a There There?', presented at Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ), Sydney, 25 August 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Handler M, 2011, 'Trademarks and Enforcement in Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements', presented at WTO Advanced Regional Seminar for WTO Members and Observers in Asia and the Pacific, Challenges of Branding in a Developing World, Singapore, 14 November 2011 - 18 November 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Handler M, 2011, 'Trademarks, Domain Names and New gTLDs: Legal Issues', presented at WTO Advanced Regional Seminar for WTO Members and Observers in Asia and the Pacific, Challenges of Branding in a Developing World, Singapore, 14 November 2011 - 18 November 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Handler M, 2011, 'Use of a Trade Mark and Use as a Trade Mark: Recent Australian Developments', presented at Australasian IP Academics Conference, University of New South Wales, 04 February 2011 - 05 February 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Handler M, 2009, 'Trade Marks and Geographical Indications in the AUSFTA', presented at 2009 Fulbright Symposium: The US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: The Last Five Years, the Next Five Years, Canberra, 24 August 2009 - 25 August 2009
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Handler M, 2008, 'Section 120(3) and the Dilution Mirage', presented at Trademark Regatta - Asia Pacific, International Trade Mark Association (INTA), Sydney, 11 March 2008 - 12 March 2008
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Handler M, 2008, 'The Legal Protection of High Technology in Australia', presented at Peking University Law School, Beijing, 06 June 2008
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    Handler M, 2007, 'Trade Mark Dilution in Australia?', presented at Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ), Melbourne, 26 July 2007
    Other | 2007
    Handler M, 2007, Review of 'Copyright Law in the Digital Society: The Challenges of Multimedia' by T. Aplin, European Law Review, vol. 32, pp. 422 - 424, Sweet & Maxwell
    Conference Presentations | 2006
    Handler M, 2006, 'Continuing Problems with Film Copyright', presented at Arts and Humanities Research Council Annual Conference on New Directions in Copyright, Birkbeck School of Law, London, 27 June 2006 - 28 June 2006
    Reports | 2005
    Handler M; Burrell R, 2005, Commercialisation and Management of Intellectual Property 鈥 Guidelines for Researchers and Research Managers, Canprint, Canberra, 05-005,
    Other | 2005
    Handler M, 2005, 'Lessons from the Google News Controversy', openDemocracy, 16 December 2005,
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    Handler M, 2005, 'Lessons from the Google News Copyright Controversy', presented at Google: Infinite Library, Copyright Pirate or Monopolist?, National Institute for Social Sciences and Law Forum, Canberra, 09 December 2005
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    Handler M, 2004, 'Determining the Boundaries of Copyright Subject Matter', presented at 9th Annual ACIPA Copyright Conference, Copyright: Unlucky For Some?, Brisbane, 13 February 2004
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    Handler M, 2004, 'Television Broadcast Copyright: The Australian Experience', presented at Arts and Humanities Research Board Annual Conference on New Directions in Copyright, Birkbeck School of Law, London, 29 June 2004 - 30 June 2004
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    Handler M, 2004, 'The EU's Geographical Indications Agenda and its Potential Impact on Australia', presented at ACIPA Seminar Series, The Australian National University, Canberra, 02 September 2004
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    Handler M, 2003, 'A Real Pea Souper鈥: The Panel Case and the Development of the Fair Dealing Defences to Copyright Infringement in Australia', presented at ACIPA Seminar Series, Brisbane, 27 February 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    Handler M, 2003, 'A Real Pea Souper鈥: The Panel Case and the Development of the Fair Dealing Defences to Copyright Infringement in Australia', presented at ACIPA Seminar Series, The Australian National University, Canberra, 10 April 2003 - 10 April 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2002
    Handler M, 2002, 'Use 鈥淎s a Trade Mark鈥 in the Context of Trade Mark Infringement', presented at Faculty of Law, The Australian National University, Canberra, 18 July 2002

A. Steel, C. Picker, L. Bennett Moses, M. Handler and C. Tisdell, 糖心logo Strategic Education Development Funding Grant,听Aligning Learning, Assessment and Technology: Trialling Use of Computers by Students to Complete Examinations听(2016-17)

M. Handler, 糖心logo Strategic Education Development Funding Grant,听Building Legal Research Skills through the Development of Online Legal Research Modules听(2014-15)

K. Bowrey and M. Handler, ARC Discovery Grant DP0985948,听Entertainment Rights in the Age of the Franchise: A Reappraisal of Personality Rights under Australian Intellectual Property Laws听(2009-14)

My Teaching

Intellectual Property 1: Copyright and Designs (LAWS3046 / JURD7446)

Intellectual Property 2: Trade Marks and Patents听(LAWS3248 / JURD7448)

Intellectual Property Law (LAWS8017 / JURD7617)

International & Comparative Intellectual Property (LAWS8016 /JURD7616)

Trade Mark Law and Related Rights (LAWS8144)

Torts (LAWS1061)