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Publications Susy Frankel

Authored books

  • (with Jessica C Lai) Patent Law and Policy (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2016).
  • (with Daniel J Gervais) Advanced Introduction to International Intellectual Property (Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2016).
  • Test Tubes for Global Intellectual Property Issues: Small Market Economies (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015) 230 pp.
  • Intellectual Property In New Zealand (2nd ed, Lexis Nexis, Wellington, 2011) 900 pp.
  • Intellectual Property in New Zealand with Geoff McLay (1st ed, Wellington, Butterworths Lexis Nexis, 2002) 780 pp.

            Edited books and collections

            • The Object and Purpose of Intellectual Property (ATRIP Intellectual Property Series, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, 2019).
            • Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional? ATRIP Intellectual Property Series (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, 2019) 480 pp.
            • (with Daniel Gervais (eds)) Intellectual Property and the Regulation of the Internet (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2017) 219 pp.
            • (with Alberto Costi (eds)) (2017) Hors Serie XXI Do Cultural and Property Combine to Make "Cultural Property" 138 pp.
            • (with Daniel J Gervais) The Internet and the Emerging Importance of New Forms of Intellectual Property (Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2016) 358 pp.
            • (with Daniel Gervais (eds)) The Evolution and Equilibrium of Copyright in the Digital Age (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014) 325 pp.
            • (with John Yeabsley (eds)) Framing the Commons: Cross-Cutting Issues in Regulation (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014) 207 pp.
            • (with Meredith Kolsky Lewis (eds) Trade Agreements at the Crossroads (Routledge, Oxford, 2013) 270 pp.
            • (with Deborah Ryder (eds)) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) 618 pp.
            • (with Alberto Costi) Special Issue Editor: "Enhancing Stability in the International Economic Order: NZ Journal of Public and International Law (2012) 10(1) 142 pp.
            • (with Peter Drahos) Indigenous Peoples Innovation: Intellectual Property Pathways to Development (ANU epress, 2012) download.
            • Learning from the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (Lexis Nexis, 2011).
            • (with Meredith Kolsky Lewis) International Economic Law and National Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
            • Special Issue: Patent Law Reform: Getting it Right to Support and Drive Innovation (2009) 17 Journal of World Intellectual Property pp 339-569.
            • Essays in Intellectual Property Law and Policy (Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2001) 380 pp.

            Articles

            • "The Continuing Excesses of Trade Agreements and the Object and Purpose of International Intellectual Property" (2019) International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law pp 1-4 published online 2 May 2019.
            • (with Rochelle Dreyfuss) "Reconceptualizing ISDS: When is IP an Investment and How Much Can States Regulate It?" (2018) 21(2) Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law pp 377-415 SSRN.
            • "The Dynamic and Unsettled Evolution of Parallel Importing" (2017) 3 Jagiellonian University Journal of IP Law pp 24-36.
            • (with Evan Brenton-Rule and Phil Lester) "Improving Management of Invasive Species" (2016) 12(1) Policy Quarterly pp 17-25.
            • "Interpreting the Overlap of International Investment and Intellectual Property Law" (2016) 19 Journal of International Economic Law pp 121-143 SSRN.
            • (with Dreyfuss R) "From Incentive to Commodity to Asset: How International Law is Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property" (2015) 36 Michigan Journal of International Law pp 101-142 SSRN.
            • "The International Copyright Problem and Durable Solutions" (2015) 18(1) Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law pp 39-75 SSRN.
            • "Emerging Regulatory Issues: Intellectual Property and Global Value Chains" (2014) 10(4) Policy Quarterly: A Focus on Regulation pp 28-32.
            • "Trade-Offs and Transparency" (2013) 44(8) International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law pp 913-919.
            • (with Daniel J Gervais) "Plain Packaging and the Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement" (2013) 46(5) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law pp 1149-1214 SSRN.
            • "The Mismatch of Geographical Indications and Innovative Traditional Knowledge" (2011) 29(3) Prometheus pp 253-267 SSRN.
            • "The Uncertain Doctrine of Part Performance" (2011) 41 (1) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 37-48.
            • "Digital Copyright and Culture" (2010) 40(2) The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society Special Issue: Cultural Policy in New Zealand: The Helen Clark Years pp 140-156.
            • "From Barbie to Renoir: Intellectual Property and Culture" Victoria University of Wellington Law Review (2010) 41(1) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 1-14 (Inaugural Lecture) SSRN.
            • "Challenging TRIPS—Plus FTAs—the Potential Utility of Non-Violation Complaints" (2009) 12(4) Journal of International Economic Law pp 1023-1065 SSRN.
            • "An Experimental use Exception for New Zealand" in (2009) 17(5) Journal of World Intellectual Property (special issue: Patent Law Reform: Getting it Right to Support and Drive Innovation) pp 446-466.
            • "Some Consequences of Misinterpreting the TRIPS Agreement" (2009) 1 The WIPO Journal pp 35-44 (Inaugural issue invited contribution) SSRN.
            • "Lord Cooke and Patents: The Scope of 'Invention'" (2008) 39(1) Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 73-98 download.
            • "The WTO's Application of 'the Customary Rules of Interpretation of Public International Law' to Intellectual Property" (2006) 46 Virginia Journal of International Law pp 365-431 SSRN.
            • "A Patentable Invention: Will Current Proposed Law Reform Clarify Patentable Subject Matter?" (2005) NZ Business Law Quarterly pp 350-365.
            • "The Copyright and Privacy Nexus" (2005) 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 507-528 download.
            • "Third Party Trade Marks as a Violation of Indigenous Cultural Property: A New Statutory Safeguard" (2005) 8 Journal of World Intellectual Property pp 83-98 SSRN.
            • "Towards A Sound New Zealand Intellectual Property Law" (2001) 32 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 47–74, also published in Essays in Intellectual Property Law and Policy (Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2001) winner of 2001 Rex Mason Prize for the best article, SSRN.
            • "Killer Crocs' and 'Fantasy Football' The Ethics of Copyright Law" [1998] 1 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 191-207.

            Chapters in books

            • (with Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss) "Trademarks and Cultural Identity" in Graeme Austin, Andrew F Christie, Andrew T Kenyon and Megan Richardson (eds) Across Intellectual Property: Essays in Honour of Sam Ricketson (Cambridge University Press, March 2020) pp 227-239.
            • "Introduction" in Susy Frankel (ed) The Object and Purpose of Intellectual Property ATRIP Intellectual Property Series (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, 2019).
            • "Introduction" in Susy Frankel (ed) Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional? ATRIP Intellectual Property Series (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, 2019) pp 1-6.
            • "The Interpretation of International Intellectual Property Instruments in National, Regional and International Courts and Tribunals" in Christophe Geiger, Craig Allen Nard and Xavier Seuba (eds) Intellectual Property and the Judiciary (Edward Elgar, 2018) pp 441-462.
            • "The Fusion of Intellectual Property and Trade" in Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng (eds) Framing Intellectual Property Law in the 21st Century (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018) pp 89-114
            • "Intellectual Property as a Regulator of Behaviour" in Susy Frankel and Daniel Gervais (eds) Intellectual Property and the Regulation of the Internet (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2017) pp 193-211.
            • "Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples, and Local Communities" in Rochelle Dreyfus and Justine Pila (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Property Law (Online Publication, Oxford Handbooks, Nov 2017) www.oxfordhandbooks.com pp 1-34.
            • "The Challenges of Cross-Border Protection of Traditional Knowledge" in Daniel F Robinson, Ahmed Abdel-Latif and Pedro Roffe (eds) Protecting Traditional Knowledge: The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (Routledge, London, 2017) pp 325-331.
            • "It's Raining Carrots: The Trajectory of Increased Intellectual Property Protection" in Gustavo Ghidini, Hanns Ullrich and Peter Drahos (eds) Kritika: Essays on Intellectual Property (Vol 2, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2017) pp 159-186.
            • "Geographical Indications and Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Negotiations" in Irene Calboli and Wee Loon Ng-Loy (eds) Geographical Indications at the Crossroads of Trade, Development and Culture (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017) pp 147-167.
            • "Traditional Knowledge as Entertainment" in Megan Richardson and Sam Ricketson (eds) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property in Media and Entertainment (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, 2017) pp 446-464
            • "Tangible meets the intangible: International Trade in Intellectual Property" in Jessica C Lai and Antoinette Maget Dominice (eds) Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham (UK), 2016) pp 204-224.
            • (with Daniel J Gervais) " Introduction" in Susy Frankel and Daniel Gervais (eds) The Internet and the Emerging Importance of New Forms of Intellectual Property (Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2016) pp 1-12.
            • "A Global Perspective on New Zealand's Approach to Copyright Law" in G Karnell, A Kur, P J Nordell, D Westman, J Axhamn, S Carlsson (eds) Liber Amicorum Jan Rosen (Eddy.se ab, Halmstad, 2016) pp 281-292.
            • "International Intellectual Property Rules and Parallel Imports" in Irene Calboli and Edward Lee (eds) Intellectual Property Exhaustion and Parallel Imports (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, 2016) pp 85-105.
            • "Collective Management and the Copyright Tribunals of New Zealand and Australia" in Daniel Gervais (ed) Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights (Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2016) pp 465-490.
            • "Interpreting International Intellectual Property Agreements and Supporting Diversity Goals" in Irene Calboli and Srividhya Ragavan (eds) Diversity in Intellectual Property (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2015) pp 17-34.
            • "Using intellectual property rules to support the self-determination goals of indigenous peoples" in Christophe Geiger (ed) Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2015) pp 627-640.
            • (with Jessica Lai) "Recognised and Appropriate Grounds for Compulsory Licences: Reclaiming Patent Law's Social Contract" in Reto M Hilty and Kung-Chung Liu (eds) Compulsory Licensing: Practical Experiences and Ways Forward (Springer, Heidelberg, 2015) pp 149-164.
            • "Traditional Knowledge and Innovation as a Global Concern" in Daniel J Gervais (ed) International Intellectual Property: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2015) pp 217-245.
            • (with Megan Richardson) "Limits of Free Trade Agreements: The New Zealand/Australia Experience" in Christoph Antons and Reto M Hilty (eds) Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements in the Asia–Pacific Region (Springer, Heidelberg, 2015) pp 315-333.
            • (with Daniel Gervais) "Evolution and equilibrium: An introduction" in Susy Frankel and Daniel Gervais (eds) The Evolution and Equilibrium of Copyright in the Digital Age (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014) 1-11.
            • "New Zealand: Regulation of Tobacco, Alcohol and Unhealthy Food in New Zealand and Coordinating the Trans-Tasman Relationship" in Tania Voon, Andrew D Mitchell and Jonathan Liberman (eds) Regulating Tobacco, Alcohol and Unhealthy Foods: The Legal Issues (Routledge, Oxford, 2014) pp 296-314 SSRN.
            • (with John Yeabsley) "Introduction" in Susy Frankel and John Yeabsley (eds) Framing the Commons: Cross-Cutting Issues in Regulation (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014) pp 9-16.
            • (with John Yeabsley) "Features of the Uniqueness of New Zealand and their Role in Regulation" in Susy Frankel and John Yeabsley (eds) Framing the Commons: Cross-Cutting Issues in Regulation (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014) pp 17-54.
            • (with Derek Gill) "Learning the Way Forward? The Role of Monitoring Evaluation and Review" in Susy Frankel and John Yeabsley (eds) Framing the Commons: Cross-Cutting Issues in Regulation (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2014) pp 55-93.
            • "'Ka Mate Ka Mate' and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge" in Rochelle Dreyfuss and Jane Ginsburg (eds) Intellectual Property at the Edge (Cambridge University Press, 2014) pp 193-214 SSRN.
            • "The TRIPS Agreement and Cross-Retaliation" in Susy Frankel and Meredith Kolsky Lewis (eds) Trade Agreements at the Crossroads (Routledge, Oxford, 2013) pp 208-225.
            • (with Megan Richardson, Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley) "The Challenges of Trans-Tasman Intellectual Property Coordination" in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) pp 101-138
            • (with Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley) "The Web of Trade Agreements and Alliances and Impacts on Regulatory Autonomy" in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) pp 17-62 SSRN.
            • "Introduction to Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World" in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) pp 1-16
            • (with Richard Boast) "Defining the Ambit of Regulatory Takings" in Susy Frankel and Deborah Ryder (eds) Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2013) pp 329-362.
            • "Attempts to Protect Indigenous Culture through Free Trade Agreements" in Christoph Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica Lai (eds) International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Legal and Policy Issues (Edward Elgar, 2012) pp 118-143 SSRN.
            • "A New Zealand Perspective on the Protection Traditional Knowledge" in Christoph Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica Lai (eds) International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Legal and Policy Issues (Edward Elgar, 2012) pp 439-459.
            • with Peter Drahos "Indigenous Peoples' Innovation and Intellectual Property: The Issues" in Peter Drahos and Susy Frankel (eds) Indigenous Peoples Innovation: Intellectual Property Pathways to Development (ANU epress, 2012) SSRN.
            • "The Intellectual Property Chapter in the TPP" Lim, Elms and Low (eds) The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Quest for a Twenty-first Century Trade Agreement (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
            • "Branding Indigenous Peoples' Traditional Knowledge" in Andrew Kenyon, Ng Loy Wee Loon and Megan Richardson The Law of Reputation and Brands in the Asia Pacific (Cambridge University Press, 2012) pp 253-262 SSRN.
            • with Megan Richardson "Trans-Tasman Intellectual Property Coordination" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning from the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (Lexis Nexis, Wellington, December 2011) pp 527-553.
            • with Meredith Kolsky Lewis "Trade Agreements and Regulatory Autonomy: The Effect on National Interests" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning from the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (Lexis Nexis, Wellington, December 2011) pp 411-443 SSRN.
            • with Megan Richardson "Limits of Free Trade Agreements—the New Zealand/Australia Experience" in Christoph Antons and Reto Hilty (eds) IP Aspects of Free Trade Agreements in the Asia–Pacific Region (Wolters Kluwer, 2011) SSRN.
            • "A Brief Perspective: the History of Copyright in New Zealand" in Brian Fitzgerald and Benedict Atkinson (eds) Copyright Future Copyright Freedom (Sydney University Press, Sydney 2011) pp 72-78.
            • "Digital Copyright Reform in New Zealand: An Own-Interest Approach for a Small Market" in Mark Perry and Brian Fitzgerald (eds) Knowledge Policy for the Twenty-First Century: A Legal Perspective (Irwin Law Inc, Toronto, 2011) pp 402-419.
            • "Eroding National Autonomy from the TRIPS Agreement" in Meredith Kolsky Lewis and Susy Frankel (eds) International Economic Law and National Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010) pp 99-115.
            • "Intellectual Property in New Zealand and the TPPA" in Jane Kelsey (ed) No Ordinary Deal. Unmasking The Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (Bridget Williams Books, 2010) pp 163-175 SSRN.
            • "The Applicability of GATT Jurisprudence to the Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement" in Carlos M Correa (ed) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Law and the WTO (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010) SSRN.
            • with Megan Richardson "Cultural Property and 'the Public Domain' Case Studies from New Zealand and Australia" in Christoph Antons (ed) Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Intellectual Property Law in the Asia–Pacific Region (Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 2009).
            • "Trademarks and Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Intellectual Property Rights" in Graeme B Dinwoodie and Mark D Janis (eds) Trademark Law and Theory (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2008) pp 433-463 SSRN.
            • "The Legitimacy and Purpose of Intellectual Property Chapters in FTAs" in Ross Buckley, Vai Io Lo and Laurence Boulle (eds) Challenges to Multilateral Trade The Impact of Bilateral, Preferential and Regional Agreements (Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2008) pp 185-199 SSRN.
            • "Unfair Competition Law: Over Protection Stifles The Very Creative Force It Is Supposed To Nurture'', in Graeme Austin and Charles Ricketts (eds) International Intellectual Property in the Common Law World (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2000) pp 267-284.

            Reports

            • Consultant Expert to the Waitangi Tribunal on Report, Ko Aotetoa Tnei—Te Taumata Taurau A Report of Claims concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māori Culture and Identity, chapter 1 "Taonga Works and Intellectual Property".
            • Consultant Expert to the Waitangi Tribunal on Waitangi Tribunal Report, Ko Aotetoa Tnei—Te Taumata Taurau A Report of Claims concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māori Culture and Identity, chapter 2 "Genetic and Biological Resources of Taonga Species".

            Short articles/forewords/book reviews

            • (with Daniel Gervais) "Introduction" in Susy Frankel and Daniel Gervais (eds) Intellectual Property and the Regulation of the Internet (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2017) pp 13-17.
            • "Foreword" in (2009) 17(5) Journal of World Intellectual Property (special issue: Patent Law Reform: Getting it Right to Support and Drive Innovation) pp 339-340.
            • "Indirect Copying and Low Originality" (2007) NZLJ pp 163-164.
            • "Review of Civil Remedies in New Zealand Justice" Peter Blanchard (ed) (2004) NZULR 21.
            • "Commentary on Facilitating and Regulating Commerce" in Roles and Perspectives in the Law, David Carter and Matthew Palmer (eds) (Wellington, Victoria University Press, 2002) pp 391-397. Also published in (2002) 33 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review pp 813-820.
            • "A Down Under Twist: The Nexus of Trade Mark Law and Comparative Advertising in New Zealand" (2001) 6 Communications Law Journal pp 11-17.
            • "The Rise of Intellectual Property in the Last Decade of the Millennium" (1999) 2(6) NZ Intellectual Property Journal pp 167-170.
            • "When Does the Cause of Action for Patent Infringement Arise?" (1998) 1(12) NZ Intellectual Property Journal pp 299-305.
            • "The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Process in Action" (1998) 1(11) NZ Intellectual Property Journal pp 281-284.
            • "Originality Still a Matter for Debate in New Zealand" Editorial [1997] NZ Intellectual Property Journal 242 "Duration of Copyright—Life of the Author Plus 50 or 70 Years?" (1997)1(9) NZ Intellectual Property Journal pp 216-220.
            • with Cathie Harrison "The Internet—can intellectual property laws cope?" (1996) 1(3) NZ Intellectual Property Journal pp 60-64.

            Lectures, conference papers and presentations

              • "TJ and TK: Māori Traditional Knowledge and the All Blacks Brand" panel discussion (Wellington, 29 November 2019).
              • Keynote panel: "Incoherence in US and EU International Intellectual Property Policy" at the 38th Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research of Intellectual Property (ATRIP) at Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville 25–28 August 2019.
              • "Comments on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership" at Government Law Year in Review Half-Day Seminar (NZCPL, Wellington, 12 February 2018).
              • Keynote address (with Rochelle Dreyfuss) "The Future of the Relationship Between Intellectual Property and Trade and Investment Law" at JET Law Symposium, Vanderbilt Law School, ‘Dramatic Changes: International Trade’s Effect on Intellectual Property and Human Rights’, January 2018.
              • "What is the Purpose of Objection to Culturally Offensive Trade Marks?" Panel Presentation on Freedom of Expression and Trade Marks (Melbourne Law School, October 2017).
              • "Start-Ups and Intellectual Property" Start-ups Conference (Patent Office of Poland, Krakow, September 2017).
              • "It's Raining Carrots: the Trajectory of Increased Intellectual Property Protection" International IP Roundtable, NYU, April 2017.
              • "IP and the Investor Interface" Faculty Lecture, Vanderbilt Law School, April 2017.
              • "Trade Secrets Panel" Mitchell Hamline Law School, April 2017.
              • "The Mingling of Intellectual Property and Investment State Dispute Settlement" Texas A&M University School of Law, April 2017.
              • "New Zealand in the International Context" Geographical Indications: The International Debate and the Best Way Forward for New Zealand (Wellington, August 2016).
              • "The Path to Purpose-Driven Treaty Interpretation: A Hermeneutic of International Intellectual Property" IP Scholars Roundtable (University of Nevada, April 2016).
              • (with Rochelle Dreyfuss) "Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property II: From Tort to Crime" Intellectual Property in all the New Places Symposium (Texas A&M University School of Law, April 2016).
              • "The TPP and Intellectual Property" NZCIEL Victoria University of Wellington, February 2016.
              • "IP Instruments and Tribunals at National, Regional and International Level" Keynote Address, EIPIN Network Conference, Intellectual Property and the Judiciary (University of Strasbourg, January 2016).
              • "Traditional Knowledge as Entertainment" Intellectual Property in Media and Entertainment, ARCIALA (Singapore Management University, January 2016).
              • "Test Tubes for Global Intellectual Property Issues: Small Market Economies", Public lecture, ARCIALA (Singapore Management University, January 2016).
              • "The TPP and Intellectual Property" NZ Centre for International and Economic Law seminar (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, February 2016).
              • "The Path to Purpose-Driven Treaty Interpretation: A Hermeneutic of International Intellectual Property" IP Scholars Roundtable (University of Nevada, April 2016).
              • (with Rochelle Dreyfuss) "Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property II: From Tort to Crime" Intellectual Property in all the New Places Symposium (Texas A&M University School of Law, April 2016).
              • "Intellectual Property as Functional Pluralism: The Parameters, Challenges and Opportunities of Variation" President and Chair ATRIP Congress 2016 (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, June 2016).
              • "The Link with GIs" Chair and commentator of panel discussion at Geographical Indications: The International Debate and the Best Way Forward for New Zealand (Wellington, 4–5 August 2016).
              • "New Zealand in the International Context" at Geographical Indications: The International Debate and the Best Way Forward for New Zealand (Wellington, 4–5 August 2016).
              • "The Cross-Border Protection of Intellectual Property, and its Relevance for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions" at World Intellectual Property Organization, Seminar Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: The Regional and International Dimensions (Geneva, June 2015).
              • "Do copyright business models need to be regulated?" at Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale, ALAI, (Bonn, June 2015).
              • "The International Approach to the Protection of Genetic Resources", Workshop on Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources, Universitas Pelita Harapan, World Trade Organization Chair Programme, Jakarta, (Indonesia, June 2015).
              • "Trade and Intellectual Property" Regional Economic Integration in Asia: Trade, Intellectual Assets, and Geopolitics, Singapore Management School (Singapore, June 2015).
              • "Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations" at Business Links Panel Discussion Would the Asian Pacific Region Benefit from Harmonisation of Copyright Laws Throughout the Region? (CAGTR and the Asian Pacific Copyright Association (APCA), Wellington, May, 2015).
              • (with Dreyfuss R) "From Incentive to Commodity to Asset: How International Law is Reconceptualizing Intellectual Property" IP Scholars Roundtable, Duke Law School (USA, April 2015).
              • "Geographical Indications in Mega-Trade Agreements" at Geographical Indications at the Crossroads of Trade, Development and Culture in the Asia Pacific, University of Singapore, (Singapore, March 2015).
              • "What could happen if intellectual property is treated seriously as a regulatory regime?" at NZ Centre for International Economic Law conference Intellectual Property and Regulation of the Internet: The Nexus with Human and Economic Development (Wellington, February 2015).
              • "Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations" at Business Links Panel Discussion Would the Asian Pacific Region Benefit from Harmonisation of Copyright Laws Throughout the Region? (CAGTR and the Asian Pacific Copyright Association (APCA), Wellington, May, 2015).
              • Invited Distinguished Speaker. "The Fusion of Intellectual Property and Trade" at Framing Intellectual Property Law in the 21st Century: Integrating Incentives, Trade, Development, Culture and Human Rights Conference to mark the launch of the NUS Centre for Law and Business, National University of Singapore, 14 August, 2014.
              • Invited Lecture 2014 Fenwick and West Intellectual Property Lecture, Vanderbilt Law School, 2014 “The International Copyright Problem”.
              • "Commentary of Max Planck FTA Principles" ATRIP Congress "Is Intellectual Property Law a Lex Specialis" (Oxford University, June 2013).
              • Speaker on International Panel at ATRIP congress, "Is Intellectual Property Law a Lex Specialis" (Oxford University, June 2013).
              • Chair of Remedies and IP session at ATRIP congress, "Is Intellectual Property Law a Lex Specialis" (Oxford University, June, 2013).
              • Invited public seminar, Queen Mary College, University of London "Interpreting the TRIPs Agreement—Plain Packaging, Public Health and Patents", June 2013.
              • Organiser and speaker "Recalibrating Behaviour: Smarter Regulation in a Global World", conference at Victoria University of Wellington Law School, April 2013.
              • Invited speaker, "TRIPS and its Relationship with other WTO Agreements", ANZ Society of International Law, International Economic Law Group, Melbourne Law School, March 2013.
              • Invited paper presentation, "Recognised and Appropriate Grounds for Compulsory Licences" Conference hosted by Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law and Academia Sinica, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, "Compulsory Licensing", Taiwan, December 2012.
              • Conference organiser and co-host "Evolutions and Equilibrium: Copyright this Century" NZCIEL, November 2012.
              • Invited speaker Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand, "Plain Packaging and the Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement" (Melbourne, September 2012).
              • with Meredith Kolsky Lewis "Trade Agreements and Regulatory Autonomy: The Effect on National Interests" NZ Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Project Workshop (Wellington, May 2012).
              • with M Richardson "Trans-Tasman Intellectual Property Coordination" NZ Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Project Workshop (Wellington, May 2012).
              • Invited panelist NYU Law School, "The Millbank Tweed Forum—the IP Divide: Why SOPA Loses, TRIPS Wins and Confusion Reigns", April 2012.
              • Invited speaker "'What Might the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations Achieve?', 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy, New York, April 2012.
              • Invited panelist, "Plain Packaging of Tobacco", 20th Annual International Intellectual Property Law Conference, Fordham University, New York, April 2012.
              • with Richard Boast "Regulatory Reform and Property Rights in New Zealand", NZ Law Foundation Regulatory Reform Project Workshop, Wellington, April 2012.
              • Invited speaker lecture "Indigenous Peoples' Intellectual Property" Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia University, New January, 2012, http://www.law.columbia.edu/kernochan/events.
              • Invited lecture, "Geographical Indications International Deal Maker or Breaker", NZ Association of Comparative Law and International Law Association, Wellington 2011.
              • Invited speaker Beeby Colloquium, "Plain Packaging and the TRIPS Agreement", MFAT, Wellington, November 2011.
              • (with Paul Scott) "The Trans-Tasman Relationship: Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law" Public Seminar, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, Sydney, October, 2011.
              • Invited speaker "Changing International IP Norms Through Plurilateral Agreements" at ATRIP 30th Annual Conference IP Law at the Crossroads of Trade, Singapore, July 2011.
              • "The Current and Potential Role of GIs in the 'New World'" Invited participant workshop Geographical Indications Roundtable, Vanderbilt Law School, March 2011.
              • Invited speaker "Free Trade Agreements and the ACTA" at Blue Sky Conference: Future Directions in Copyright Law, hosted Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, held in Sydney, Australia, February 2011.
              • Invited keynote addresses "Attempts to Protect Indigenous Culture through Free Trade Agreements" and "The Protection of Traditional Knowledge—A New Zealand Perspective" in iCall Exploratory workshop, International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage, University of Lucerne, Switzerland, January 2011.
              • Invited speaker, "Intellectual Property Law Design and the Small Market Economy" at the 3rd Global Intellectual Property Forum, Singapore, January 2011.
              • "Trade, Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Assets of Indigenous Peoples: The Developmental Frontier:" NZCIEL, conference organiser and commentator on Geographical Indications session, December 2010.
              • Invited speaker "Copyright: ,International Agreements and Free Trade Agreements" and comments as Chair of the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal, 300 years of Copyright Law: From Statute of Anne to Digital Copyright 2010, East China University of Politics and Law, Shanghai, November 2010.
              • Invited speaker Beeby Colloquium, International Trade Law session, MFAT, September 2010.
              • Invited speaker, "Geographical Indications and Traditional Symbols", 2010 ATRIP Congress—Individualism and Collectiveness in Intellectual Property Law, Stockholm, May 2010.
              • Invited speaker, Fordham International Intellectual Property Conference 2010 (contribution to proceedings published in Intellectual Property Law and Policy Volume 10 Hugh C Hansen (ed) pp 549, session VII Trademark Third-Party Uses of Trademarks: Search Engines and Key Words in; session XII Trade Panel pp 955; session XII 947,948; and session VIII pp 612).
              • Invited speaker "The Small Market Economy and Patent Law" at Asia Pacific Rim Innovation Conference, Melbourne Law School, January 2010.
              • "Cross-retaliation Under the TRIPS Agreement—What should it look like" NZ Centre for International Economic Law Conference—Trade Agreements Where do we go from here? Wellington, October 2009.
              • "Intellectual Property in the TPP and of the Trade Agreements of TPP Members" Trans-Pacific Partnership Symposium, Auckland Law School, 2009.
              • "Taking Stock" at Enough is Enough! Ceilings on Intellectual Property Rights New Your University School of Law, May 2009.
              • Invited speaker "A New Zealand Perspective" at Copyright Future—Copyright Freedom Conference, Canberra, May 2009 "From Barbie to Renoir: Intellectual Property and Culture" Inaugural Professorial Lecture, Victoria University of Wellington, 10 March 2009 SSRN.
              • "Is nullification and impairment of the TRIPS Agreement possible 'as the result' of the TRIPS-plus agreements?" at Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law, Geneva, June 2008.
              • Invited speaker, "Moral Rights and Creative Commons Licences" at the iSummit Creative Commons International Conference, Sapporo, Japan, May 2008.
              • "How far should New Zealand go?", Patent Law Reform conference "Getting it Right to Support and Drive Innovation", NZCIEL, May 2008.
              • Invited speaker Plenary Panel "US v China TRIPS dispute" at the 16th Annual International Intellectual Property Law Conference Fordham University, New York, March 2008.
              • Invited speaker "Recent Developments: Including why the Digital Copyright Bill 2006 is unlikely to become law and summary of the 'Parallel Importing Review: Impact on creative industries'" at the 16th Annual International Intellectual Property Law Conference Fordham University, New York, March 2008.
              • Implementing and Complying with WTO Obligations at NZCIEL conference "International Economic Law and National Autonomy: Convergence or Divergence", December 2007.
              • Chair panel discussion "Establishment and use of an indigenous licence" at Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand, October 2007 "Why the Exception in Intellectual Property Law are Important", Law Academic Seminar Series, New Zealand Court of Appeal, September 2007.
              • Invited speaker "Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Identity" Transformations '07-Composing the nation: ideas, peoples, histories, languages, cultures, economies"—Te Whainga Aronui The Council for Humanities Congress, Wellington, August 2007.
              • Invited speaker "Digital Copyright Reform" paper presented at Fordham International Intellectual Property Law conference, also chair of Panel discussing "TRIPS compulsory licensing and Thailand" and commentator on panel "Trademark Use", New York, April 2007.
              • Invited speaker "Digital Copyright Law Reform in New Zealand" at conference, "Knowledge Policy for the 21st Century", Western Law School, University of Western Ontario, Canada, April 2007.
              • Invited speaker "Questioning the Legitimacy and Purpose of Intellectual Property Chapters in FTAs" at conference, "FTAs Where is the World Heading?", Bond University, Australia, February 2007.
              • Invited speaker panel in conference, "Tackling the Copyright Bill", InternetNZ Copyright Bill conference, Feb 2007 Invited speaker, Research Panel, Australasian Intellectual Property Academics Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, July 2006.
              • Invited speaker in Plenary Session, "Is there an emerging TRIPS jurisprudence? Is so, what is it? Does it differ or follow trends from non-IP WTO cases? What are the strategic issues in deciding whether to bring a dispute before the WTO? To what extent is it possible to reasonably predict the outcome of panel and Appellate Body decisions?", Fordham International Intellectual Property Conference, New York, April 2006.
              • Invited speaker Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia University, New York, "Current Topics in International Copyright Law", April 2006.
              • Invited speaker Roundtable workshop discussing a range of intellectual property issues, at Cardozo Law School, New York, April 2006.
              • Invited speaker "Cultural Property and 'the Public Domain' Case Studies from New Zealand and Australia" with Ass Prof. Megan Richardson at conference, "Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Intellectual Property Law in the Asia–Pacific Region", Wollongong, December 2006.
              • Invited speaker "Cultural Offensiveness as a Matter of Ordre Public" at "Patenting People" conference, Cardozo Law School, New York, November 2006.
              • Invited speaker "The Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and WIPO Agreements" at ANZ ASEAN trade agreement negotiations intellectual property workshop, DFAT and MFAT, April 2006 with Dr John Yeabsley, seminar for the LEANZ, "Economic Justifications for Intellectual Property" March 2006.
              • Invited speaker "Misappropriation and Misuse: An Outline of Existing Legal Principles and Mechanisms", presentation as part of the Ministry of Economic Development, World Intellectual Property Organisation—Principles and Policy Objectives for Protection of Traditional Knowledge Workshop, April 2006.
              • Invited speaker "How international trade affects intellectual property ownership and workplace practices", IP@work conference, Interdisciplinary Center (incorporating the Radzyner Law School), Israel, December 2005.
              • Invited speaker "Cross-border enforcement: can you bring your case?', LexisNexis intellectual property law accelerator conference , Auckland, October 2005.
              • "Intellectual property chapters and IP investment issues in FTAs" paper presented at 'FTA Agreements Boon or Bane for Australasia?', Victoria University of Wellington in association with the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and the New Zealand Centre for Public Law, Wellington, August 2005.
              • Invited speaker, presentation and commentary on international trade law developments at Beeby Colloquium, September 2005.
              • "Regionalism and intellectual property", presentation of paper at International intellectual property working day (sponsored by the Engleberg Centre on Innovation Law and Policy, New York University Law School, The Centre for Public Law, Victoria University of Wellington Law School and James E Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, Wellington, March 2005.
              • Invited speaker "Third Party Trade Marks as a Violation of Indigenous Property: A New Statutory Safeguard", Fordham International Intellectual Property Law Conference, New York, April 2004.
              • Invited speaker, panel presentation on trade marks and shape registrations, Fordham International Intellectual Property Conference, New York, April 2004.
              • Invited speaker "Unfair Competition Law" at International Intellectual Property in the Common Law World Conference, University of Auckland 1999.
              • "The WTO: An Introductory Framework", The World Trade Organization: Law Meets Business, International Law Association Conference, November 1997.
              • Chair and commentator on ''E-Commerce: A Panel Discussion'', Victoria University of Wellington, October 2004.
              • Chair and commentator of the "Facilitating and Regulating Commerce" session at Sir Ivor Richardson Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, April 2002.
              • Commentator on Professor Zhu Lanye's paper on international trade law, visiting scholar from Chinapaper presented at International Law Association, 2001.
              • Seminar on the Trade Marks Bill', Spring Seminar Series, Victoria University of Wellington, 2001.