Associate Professor Alexandra George

Associate Professor Alexandra George

Associate Professor

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Australian National University

Master of Jurisprudence, Honours: M.Jur. (Hons): University of Sydney

Master of Laws, Honours: LL.M. (Hons): University of Sydney

Bachelor of Laws, Honours: LL.B. (Hons): University of Sydney

Bachelor of Arts, Honours: B.A. (Hons): University of Sydney

Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP): College of Law, Sydney

Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP): University of London

Also:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

BA(Hons), LLB(Hons), LLM(Hons), MJur(Hons) (Sydney); GDLP (College of Law); PGCAP (London); PhD (ANU); FHEA

Dr Alexandra George specialises in intellectual property law. She joined the UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice in 2007, having had earlier academic appointments at Queen Mary, University of London, the University of Wales, Swansea, and the University of Exeter in the UK. She has also worked at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy and taught courses at the University of Sydney, the National University of Singapore, and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. She has practised as an intellectual property and media lawyer, and continues to give legal advice on a pro bono basis through the ArtsLaw Centre of Australia (a community legal centre that supports artists). She was Associate to Justice MF Moore in the Federal Court of Australia and the Industrial Relations Court of Australia and, while studying, worked for the international news organisation Reuters.

Alexandra’s research focuses on international intellectual property and the philosophy of intellectual property law. Recent publications examine issues of jurisdiction and enforcement in international intellectual property law, and the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and intellectual property. Her philosophical research examines issues such as the metaphysics and structure of intellectual property law, and ‘property’ concepts in the commodification of intangible objects. She is currently undertaking applied research in this area. Alexandra also has an interest in Chinese law, and is a member of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre (CIBEL) at UNSW Sydney.

Her book Constructing Intellectual Property (Cambridge University Press, 2012) examines the ways in which the legal system defines into existence and regulates intellectual property. By analyzing the metaphysical structure of intellectual property law and the concepts the legal system uses to construct 'intellectual property', the book helps to explain the role of intellectual property from a structural — rather than the traditional normative — perspective.

Alexandra was named 'Academic of the Year' at the Australian Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards (2016). She has also received a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence at UNSW (2013), and a Pro Bono Award for her work for The Arts Law Centre of Australia (2016).

Phone
+61 2 9385 9626
Location
Room 321 Law Building UNSW Kensington Campus
  • Books | 2012
    George A, 2012, Constructing Intellectual Property, 1, Cambridge University Press, US, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139035361
  • Book Chapters | 2012
    George A, 2012, 'Authorities', in Constructing Intellectual Property, Cambridge University Press, pp. xxi - xxvi, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139035361.001
    Book Chapters | 2012
    George A, 2012, 'Bibliography', in Constructing Intellectual Property, Cambridge University Press, pp. 351 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139035361.009
    Book Chapters | 2012
    George A, 2012, 'Concluding Remarks', in Constructing Intellectual Property, Cambridge University Press, pp. 329 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139035361.007
    Book Chapters | 2012
    George A, 2012, 'Filmography', in Constructing Intellectual Property, Cambridge University Press, pp. 389 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139035361.010
    Book Chapters | 2012
    George A, 2012, '“Owning Life"', in Chatterjee D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 791 - 791
    Book Chapters | 2011
    George A, 2011, 'Access to Essential Medicines', in Chatterjee D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer, New York, pp. 312 - 318
    Book Chapters | 2011
    George A, 2011, 'Bio-Prospecting and Biopiracy', in Chatterjee D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer, New York, pp. 77 - 80
    Book Chapters | 2011
    George A, 2011, 'Human Genome', in Chatterjee D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer, New York, pp. 490 - 494
    Book Chapters | 2011
    George A, 2011, 'Organ Trafficking', in Chatterjee D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer, New York, pp. 783 - 784
    Book Chapters | 2011
    George AE, 2011, 'Essential Medicines, Access to', in Encyclopedia of Global Justice, Springer Netherlands, pp. 312 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9160-5_681
    Book Chapters | 2010
    George A, 2010, 'What is 'Intellectual Property'? Standard Definitional Methods and their Flaws', in Gizbert-Studnicki T; Klinowski M (ed.), Law, Liberty, Morality and Rights, edn. Original, Wolters Kluwer Polska-Oficyna, Warsaw, pp. 164 - 175
    Book Chapters | 2009
    George A, 2009, 'Trade Marks', in Southerton D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture, edn. 1st, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1473 - 1477
    Book Chapters | 2007
    George A, 2007, 'Intellectual Property and the Internet', in Freire M; Pereira M (ed.), Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, Idea Group Reference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, pp. 222 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch032
    Book Chapters | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'How to Globalize the World: The Jurisprudence of International Intellectual Propertization', in George A (ed.), Globalization and Intellectual Property, edn. Original, Ashgate, Surrey, UK, pp. xi - xl
    Book Chapters | 2005
    George A, 2005, 'Propertizing the Immaterial: The Commodification of Valuable Intangibles', in Material Worlds, Cambridge Scholars Pub, Newcastle, U.K
  • Edited Books | 2006
    George A, (ed.), 2006, Globalization and Intellectual Property, Ashgate, Surrey, UK
  • Journal articles | 2022
    George A; Walsh T, 2022, 'Artificial intelligence is breaking patent law', Nature, 605, pp. 616 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01391-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    George A; Walsh T, 2022, 'Can AI invent?', Nature Machine Intelligence, 4, pp. 1057 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42256-022-00582-5
    Journal articles | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Restructuring Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Post-Brexit: Strategic Considerations for the European Union and Britain', Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 43, pp. 131 - 189, https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol43/iss1/27
    Journal articles | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Transcending Territoriality: International Cooperation and Harmonization in Intellectual Property Enforcement & Dispute Resolution', Tsinghua China Law Review, 2018, pp. 225 - 273, http://www.tsinghuachinalawreview.org/articles/1002_George.htm
    Journal articles | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'Just Keep Calm & Carry On: The Impact of Brexit on Intellectual Property Laws in Britain and the European Union', Journal of Intellectual Property Studies, 1, pp. 90 - 130, https://journalofipstudies.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/brexit-ip.pdf
    Journal articles | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'The Metaphysics of Intellectual Property', The WIPO Journal: analysis and debate of global intellectual property issues, 7, pp. 16 - 28, http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_journal_wpj7n1.pdf
    Journal articles | 2014
    George A, 2014, 'Legal Protection of Brands in a World of Social Media', Inhouse Counsel, 18, pp. 109 - 114
    Journal articles | 2014
    George A, 2014, 'Reforming Australia's Copyright Law: An opportunity to Address the Issues of Authorship and Originality', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 37, pp. 939 - 971, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=778737583934157;res=IELHSS
    Journal articles | 2009
    George A, 2009, 'Intellectual Property in the South Pacific', Socio-Legal Newsletter, 58, pp. 8 - 9
    Journal articles | 2007
    George A, 2007, 'The (In)Justice of Globalisation by Intellectual Propertisation', Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 109, pp. 17 - 31
    Journal articles | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'Brand Rules: When Branding Lore Meets Trademark Law', Journal of Brand Management, 13, pp. 215 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.bm.2540265
    Journal articles | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'BrandsTM: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Trademarks and Branding', Journal of Brand Management, 13, pp. 175 - 177
    Journal articles | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'Marketing Humanity: Should We Allow the Sale of Human Body Parts?', UTS Law Review, 7
    Journal articles | 2005
    George A, 2005, 'The Difficulty of Defining 'Property'', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 25, pp. 793 - 813, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqi037
    Journal articles | 2004
    George A, 2004, 'Is 'Property' Necessary? On Owning the Human Body and its Parts', Res Publica, pp. 15 - 42
    Journal articles | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'E-shopping for Fakes: The Internet Business in Trademark Counterfeits', World Internet Law Report, 12, pp. 7 - 11
    Journal articles | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'The Problem of Property in Human Body Parts', Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 88, pp. 168 - 176
    Journal articles | 1998
    George A, 1998, 'Australian Franchising Code: New Obligations for Trade Mark Licensing Agreements', World Licensing Law Report, pp. 3 - 5
    Journal articles | 1996
    George A, 1996, 'Sterilisation and Intellectually Disabled Children', The Sydney Law Review, 18, pp. 218 - 233, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLawRw/1996/10.html
  • Working Papers | 2001
    George A; Machado P; Ziller J, 2001, Law and Public Management: Starting to Talk – Part I, European University Institute, 12, http://dx.doi.org, http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/176/law01-12.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
    Working Papers | 2001
    George A; Machado P; Ziller J, 2001, Law and Public Management: Starting to Talk – Part II / Droit et gestion publique: la gestion des reseaux – IIe partie, European University Institute, 13, http://dx.doi.org, http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/177/law01-13.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
    Working Papers | 2001
    George A, 2001, Property in the Human Body and its Parts: Reflections on Self-Determination in Liberal Society, European University Institute, 8, http://dx.doi.org, http://0.0.0.8/
  • Conference Presentations | 2022
    George A, 2022, 'AI-IP and the Incentivisation of Creative Artificial Intelligence Systems', presented at LawAsia2022: 35th LawAsia Conference, Sydney, Australia, 18 November 2022 - 21 November 2022, https://lawasia2022.com/
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    George A, 2022, 'AI-inventorship: Possible Alternative Solutions', presented at Sixth session of the WIPO Conversation “Frontier technologies – AI Inventions”, Hybrid, 21 September 2022 - 22 September 2022, https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=72090
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    George A, 2022, 'Copyright and Humanity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution', presented at APCA Conference 2022: Copyright in the Age of Disruption, NUS, Singapore, 14 November 2022 - 15 November 2022, https://law.nus.edu.sg/ewbclb/apca2022-home/
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    George A, 2022, 'Creative AI & IP Incentives', presented at 2022 IP Scholars Forum, Akron Law IP Center, University of Akron, Ohio, USA, 09 December 2022 - 09 December 2022, https://www.uakron.edu/law/intellectual-property/events/forum
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    George A, 2022, 'Fit for Purpose? AI and Copyright Law', presented at COPYRIGHT N©W: Authorship, AI & Access Post-Pandemic (20th Copyright Law & Practice Symposium), Sydney, Australia, 20 October 2022 - 20 November 2022, https://copyright.asn.au/2022-copyright-law-and-practice-symposium/
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    George A, 2022, 'When AI Invents', presented at Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) webinar, Online, 29 July 2022 - 29 July 2022, https://apaaonline.org/webinars/
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    George A, 2020, 'Specialised Forums for Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution: Evolving Trends', presented at Inaugural Tsinghua-UNSW Joint Research Centre for International Commercial and Economic Law (JCICEL) conference, “Law and Technology: International Regulations”, Sydney, Australia, 21 September 2020 - 21 September 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    George A, 2019, 'China’s FinTech Disruption: Intellectual Property’s Role in the Revolution', presented at Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP), University of Houston Law Center, Houston, USA, 08 February 2019 - 09 February 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    George A, 2019, 'Copyright, Jurisdiction and Enforcing Judgments Abroad', presented at Copyright Society of Australia seminar, Sydney, 21 March 2019 - 19 April 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    George A, 2019, 'Cultural Heritage, Art and Technology', presented at 19th Biennial Copyright Law & Practice Symposium 2019, Sydney, Australia, 22 October 2019 - 23 October 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    George A, 2019, 'Intelligent Design or Natural Selection? The Contested Future of Intellectual Property Law', presented at ATRIP Congress 2019, Nashville, USA, 28 August 2019 - 28 April 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    George A, 2019, 'Transported for Stealing Copyright? Extradition as a Tool for the Cross-Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Laws', presented at Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law (‘IPIL’) seminar, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, 06 February 2019 - 06 February 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Brexit & Intellectual Property Law: Implications for Australia', presented at Symposium - The Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement and Brexit, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 26 July 2018 - 26 July 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Catching Pirates: Copyright, Extradition & Human Rights', presented at HKU-UNSW Symposium, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, 02 March 2018 - 02 March 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Extradition and Overseas Prison Time: A Developing Trend in the Cross-Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Laws?', presented at International Law Association conference, Sydney, Australia, 19 August 2018 - 24 August 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Intellectual Property Laws in an AI Future: A Metaphysical Approach', presented at Bracing for Impact: The Artificial Intelligence Challenge, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Canada, 02 February 2018 - 02 February 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'The Future of Globalisation of Intellectual Property Jurisdiction/Enforcement', presented at UNSW Workshop on Private International Law and Intellectual Property, Sydney, Australia, 18 August 2018 - 18 August 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    George A, 2018, 'Uncle Sam Wants You! Extradition to the US in Copyright Cases', presented at Law and Society Association, 2018 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 07 June 2018 - 10 June 2018
    Reports | 2018
    George A, 2018, Submission concerning Digital Assets upon Death or Incapacity to the Law Reform Commission NSW, https://www.lawreform.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Current-projects/Digital%20assets/Preliminary%20submissions/PDI15.pdf
    Other | 2018
    George A, 2018, The Future of Cross-Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Laws, Special Lecture, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan,
    Reports | 2018
    Wang M; Bennett Moses L; George A, 2018, Submission to Copyright Modernization Consultation, https://www.communications.gov.au/sites/default/files/submissions/allens_hub_for_technology_law_and_innovation_unsw.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'Embedding Emerging Practice Technologies in Law Teaching', presented at The Future of Australian Legal Education Conference, Sydney, Australia, 11 August 2017 - 13 August 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'Materializing the Immaterial: Intellectual Property Law as a Mechanism for Commodification', presented at Law and Society Association, 2017 Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, 20 June 2017 - 23 June 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'Sci-Tech Disruption and Intellectual Property: A Metaphysical Approach to the Future of Intellectual Property Laws', presented at 1st Future of Law Conference —The Internet of Things, Smart Contracts and Intelligent Machines, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 26 October 2017 - 27 October 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'The (Im)Possibility of Reconciling Indigenous and Western ‘Intellectual Property’ Laws', presented at Copyright Symposium 2017, Sydney, Australia, 12 October 2017 - 13 October 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'Transcending Geography: Trends Towards the Globalization of Intellectual Property Enforcement', presented at European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP), Bordeaux, France, 04 September 2017 - 06 September 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    George A, 2017, 'Transcending Territoriality: International Intellectual Property Enforcement & Dispute Resolution in the Fourth Industrial Revolution', presented at Tsinghua-UNSW Workshop, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 27 September 2017 - 27 September 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    George A, 2016, 'Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Disputes: A Solution to Jurisdictional Challenges?', presented at Thirteenth Annual Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium (WIPIP), University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, USA, 19 February 2016 - 20 February 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    George A, 2016, 'Designing Laws to Protect Indigenous Knowledge: Lessons from Metaphysics', presented at Indigenous Knowledge Roundtable, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 14 December 2016 - 14 December 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    George A, 2016, 'Intellectual Property in a Globalized World: Overcoming Jurisdictional Impediments to Cross-Border Enforcement', presented at 4th Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Forum (‘Comparative Transnational IP Law in Practice’), University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, USA, 18 February 2016 - 18 February 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    George A, 2016, 'Mind Downloads & Intellectual Property Futurism', presented at Law and Society Association, 2016 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 02 June 2016 - 05 June 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'Globalising Jurisdiction: New Developments in Cross-Territorial Protection of Intellectual Property', presented at 7th Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law, Xiamen University, China, 06 July 2015 - 07 July 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'Human Rights & the Cross-Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Laws', presented at Colloquium on Social Responsibility of IP Rights Holders, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 02 October 2015 - 02 October 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'Indigenous Knowledge and Social Systems: A Case Study of Customary ‘Copyright’ in the South Pacific', presented at Law and Society Association, 2015 Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 27 May 2015 - 31 May 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'Intellectual Property Law as a Knowledge System: Law Reform Lessons from Indigenous Societies', presented at ATRIP Congress 2015: “Intellectual Property in Action in Society: New Perspectives from the North, the South and the Cloud”, Cape Town, South Africa, 27 September 2015 - 30 September 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'Spiritual Property: Indigenous Knowledge Systems in an Intellectual Property Environment', presented at WIPIP 2015, USPTO, Alexandria, VA, USA, 06 February 2015 - 07 February 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    George A, 2015, 'Testing Boundaries? Protecting Intellectual Property Interests Across National Borders', presented at UNSW-HKU Law Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2015 - 05 December 2015
    Other | 2015
    George A, 2015, All in the Mind? The Metaphysics of Intellectual Property Law, Faculty Seminar, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand,
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    George A, 2014, 'Copyright’s Conundrum: The Problem of How to Protect National Rights in a Globalised World', presented at Trans-Pacific Intellectual Property Roundtable, UNSW, Sydney Australia, 21 November 2014 - 21 November 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    George A, 2014, 'How Long is Uncle Sam's Arm? Extraterritorial Enforcement of Domestic Intellectual Property Laws', presented at WIPIP 2014, San Jose, USA, 07 February 2014 - 09 February 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    George A, 2014, 'The Law of Authenticity: Fashion, Fakes and Fame', presented at Charting the New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Protection of Fashion Brands and Designs, Hong Kong, 10 May 2014 - 10 May 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    George A, 2013, 'Australia's Gene Patenting Environment (discussing J.Liddicoat,"New perspectives on Genetic Sequence Patents")', presented at European Policy for Intellectual Property ('EPIP'), 2013 Annual Conference, Paris, France, 05 September 2013 - 06 September 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    George A, 2013, 'Intellectual Property as Religion', presented at Law and Society Association, 2013 Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, 30 May 2013 - 02 June 2013
    Other | 2013
    George A, 2013, Intellectual Property Roundtable guest speaker, National Law University, Jodhpur, India,
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    George A, 2012, 'Global Intellectual Property Regulation: A Changing Trajectory?', presented at 2nd HKU-UNSW Research Symposium, Hong Kong, 06 December 2012 - 07 December 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    George A, 2012, 'Pester Power and Intellectual Property Reform', presented at UNSW Law Society and Gilbert + Tobin Intellectual Property Seminar, Sydney, Australia, 29 May 2012 - 29 May 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    George A, 2012, '‘Literary’ Authorship, Commerce, & Cultural Innovation', presented at Creativity and Authorship: Law and Changing Practices Symposium, Canberra, Australia, 17 December 2012 - 18 December 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    George A, 2011, 'The Metaphysics of Intellectual Property & the Challenges of Scientific Progress', presented at World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Frankfurt, Germany, 14 August 2011 - 20 August 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    George A, 2011, 'When is Intellectual Property Not ‘Intellectual Property’?', presented at Law and Society Association, 2011 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 02 June 2011 - 05 June 2011
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    George A, 2008, 'Comparative Perspectives on Intellectual Property Law and Theory', presented at ANJEL (The Australian Network for Japanese Law) international conference: Beyond 'Country and Western' Law: Towards New Australia-Japan Partnerships in Legal Research, Ritsumeikan Law School, Kyoto, Japan, 16 February 2008 - 16 February 2008
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    George A, 2008, 'Resisting Counterfeiting: Cultural Dimensions of Intellectual Property Enforcement', presented at Law and Society Association, 2008 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 29 May 2008 - 01 June 2008
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    George A, 2007, 'Legal Imperialism? The Application of Western Intellectual Property Laws to Ideas, Information and Knowledge in Non-Commercial Settings, Seminar Series', presented at Faculty of Law, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Faculty of Law, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 03 September 2007 - 03 September 2007
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    George A, 2007, 'Whose Property? ‘Intellectual Property’ as a Contested Concept', presented at World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Krakow, Poland, 06 August 2007 - 06 August 2007
    Conference Presentations | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'Branding Law / Trademarking Culture', presented at Law and Society Association, 2006 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 06 July 2006 - 09 July 2006
    Conference Presentations | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'Branding Trademarks', presented at Seminar to the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, UK, 14 December 2006 - 14 December 2006
    Conference Presentations | 2006
    George A, 2006, 'Intangible Property; Tangible Justice?', presented at Social Justice in Practice, Association for Legal and Social Philosophy 2006 Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 28 June 2006 - 01 July 2006
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    George A, 2005, 'Brand New World: The (In)Justice of Global Intellectual Propertisation', presented at World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Granada, Spain, 25 May 2005 - 25 May 2005
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    George A, 2005, 'Propertising the Immaterial: The Commodification of Valuable (In)tangibles', presented at Material Worlds Conference, University of Glasgow, 30 October 2005 - 30 October 2005
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    George A, 2005, 'Symbolic Symbiosis: The Branding-Trademark Nexus', presented at Brands: A Workshop, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK, 08 April 2005 - 08 April 2005
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    George A, 2005, 'Trademark Law-Branding Lore: The Jurisprudence of a Branding Culture', presented at Trade Marks and Branding: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, 16 September 2005 - 16 September 2005
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    George A, 2004, ''Intellectual 'Property’?', presented at First Annual Intellectual Property & Communications Law and Policy Scholars Roundtable, Michigan State University-DCL College of Law, USA, 20 February 2004 - 21 February 2004
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    George A, 2004, 'Commercial Liberalism and Law-Making: Regulating Intellectual Properties', presented at UK Legal Theory Group Inaugural Conference, University of Edinburgh, UK, 16 April 2004 - 16 April 2004
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'Counterfeiting in Context, Makers, Takers and Fakers: A Sideways Look at IP Enforcement', presented at Anti-Counterfeiting Group Autumn Conference, UK, 17 October 2003 - 17 October 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'Global Cooling: Copyright and the Regulation of Communication', presented at RegNet Seminar, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 08 January 2003 - 08 January 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'Intellectual Property and Commercial Liberalism', presented at RegNet Seminar, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 25 November 2003 - 25 November 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'Intellectual Property in the Post-Colonial World', presented at World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Lund, Sweden, -
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'Legal Developments in the Enforcement of Trade Mark Rights, Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Practices Conference', presented at Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante, Spain, 02 April 2003 - 02 April 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    George A, 2003, 'The Criminalisation of Intellectual Property Infringement: Shifting Conceptions from Civil Infringement to Criminal Counterfeiting', presented at 3rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: Crime and Crime Control in an Integrating Europe, Helsinki, Finland, -
    Conference Presentations | 2002
    George A, 2002, 'Unregistered Marks in the EU and the World', presented at Seminar at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante, Spain, 27 November 2002 - 27 November 2002
    Conference Presentations | 2001
    George A, 2001, 'Legal Control of the Human Body: How and Why?', presented at Law and Society Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary, -
    Conference Presentations | 2001
    George A, 2001, 'Property in the Human Body and its Parts: Reflections on Self-Determination in Liberal Society', presented at World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, -

Dr George thanks the grant-awarding organisations that have supported her research.

'Academic of the Year', Australian Lawyers Weekly 'Women in Law' Awards, 2016

Pro Bono Award, The Arts Law Centre of Australia, 2016

UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013

Legal Practice

  • Admitted to practice as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW, and Barrister/Solicitor of High Court of Australia (federal jurisdiction)
  • Current NSW Practising Certificate (solicitor)
  • Pro bono solicitor at community legal centres (ArtsLaw Centre of Australia; Kingsford Legal Centre)

Professional Organisations

  • Copyright Society of Australia (CSA), Management Committee
  • International Trademark Organisation (INTA), Academic Committee

 

My Teaching

Foundations of Intellectual Property Law (LAWS3021) (JURD7321)

Advanced Intellectual Property Policy and Practice (LAWS3057) (JURD7357)

Intellectual Property Law (LAWS8017) (JURD7617)

Globalisation and Intellectual Property Law (LAWS8050) (JURD7350)

Owning Creativity: Issues in Intellectual Property (GENL2323) (BA Legal Studies Only LAWS3523)

China International Business and Economic Law Summer School, at Tsinghua University, Beijing (LAWS3345) (JURD7645) (LAWS8345)

Legal Research and Writing (JURD7155)

 

Dr George supervises PhD students.
Prospective supervisees are asked to send Dr George an outline of their proposed research, as well as a copy of their CV and university transcript.