Professor Mark Davison

Research Interests

Comparative Law
Competition Law
Computers
Contract
Copyright
E-Commerce/Electronic Law
Intellectual Property
International Law
Internet/Cyber Law
Trade Marks
Trade Practices

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

1 LLB Honours project

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

PhD:

An examination of Public-Private dynamics in China and America concerning TRIPS compliance.
Self-governance of the Internet and its compatibility with traditional public law.
(with David Lindsay)

The intersection between intellectual property rights and competition policy: Regulation and reform.

SJD:

Towards a brigher future: reforming the restraint of trade doctrine in Australia

Editorial Boards

Intellectual Property Law Bulletin

Grants and Commissions

2009-12: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant with Melissa Miles, Anne Nash and Daniel Palmer: 'Photography as a crime', $105,000

2004-06: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant with Dr JE Malbon and Dr CG Lawson: Developing a systematic, inclusive and just jurisprudential account of TRIPS $155,000

2002-04: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant with Professor David Kinley, Sarah Joseph and Jenny Schultz: Multi-National Corporations and their Human Rights Obligations $376,996

2001: SMURF 1 Grant: Centre for Law in a Digital Economy. One of 11 members of the Faculty who were involved in this successful application. $100,000

2000: SMURF II Grant: First edition of monograph on intellectual property $5,835

2000: Monash Law Faculty Research Grant with John Duns: Competition Law $2,500

2000: Vice-Chancellors Distinguished Teaching Award $5,000

1999: Australian Research Council Large Grant with Professor Sam Ricketson: The Appropriate Legal Regime for the Protection of Databases. $34,500

Publications

2012

Additional publications by Professor Davison are also available at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=481855

M Davison, A Monotti, L Wiseman, Australian Intellectual Property Law, (Cambridge University Press, New York USA, 2012).

2011

Journal Article

M Davison, 'Coffee plunger designs and passing off: the Full Federal Court decision in the Bodum case', (2011) 24(5) Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin 136-137.

M Davison, 'Smoke and mirrors: Big Tobacco's last gasp legal challenge to plain packaging', (2011) The Conversation, The Conversation, Australia.

Selected list of publications, including those prior to 2011