Dr David Lindsay

Senior Lecturer
PhD, LLM, LLB, BA,

Professional Profile

David Lindsay is an expert in technology law including cyberlaw, copyright law, communications law (including broadcasting and telecommunications law) and privacy law. He is the author of International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2007), one of the first complete studies of international domain name dispute resolution. David has published many articles in the areas of copyright law, communications law, privacy law and media law. Since 2007, he has been a contributing author of the major intellectual property service, J. Lahore & W. Warwick, Copyright and Designs (LexisNexis/Butterworths, Sydney, 1996).

In addition to his doctorate in domain name law and dispute resolution, David has diplomas in Japanese language and in computer networking. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Media and Communications Committee of the Law Council of Australia. His current research interests include digital copyright, law and regulation of virtual worlds, regulation of social networking sites and the future of privacy law.

Areas of Expertise

Communications law
Copyright law
Cyberlaw
Intellectual property law
Media law
Privacy law

Teaching Commitments

Communications Law and Regulation (LAW7322)
Copyright (LAW7011)
Intellectual Property 1 (LAW5146)
Principles of Trusts (LAW7271)