Brian Fitzgerald (academic)
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 Brian Fitzgerald at the ARC Graeme Clark Research Outcomes Forum at Parliament House in Canberra June 2008 |
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| Residence | Brisbane, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Queensland University of Technology, Oxford University, Harvard University and Griffith University |
| Occupation | Academic and Barrister |
| Employer | [Australian Catholic Univeristy] |
| Relatives | Sister, Professor Anne Fitzgerald |
Brian Fitzgerald is an Australian academic and Barrister of the High Court of Australia. He is an Intellectual Property and Information Technology/Internet lawyer who has pioneered the teaching of Internet/Cyber Law in Australia. Fitzgerald was a specialist Research Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) until February 2012, now he is the Executive Dean at the Australian Catholic Univeristy's New Faculty of Law.
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[edit] Education and career
Professor Brian Fitzgerald studied law at QUT, graduating as University Medallist in Law, and holds postgraduate degrees in law from Oxford University, Harvard University, and Griffith University.
From 1998-2002, Fitzgerald was Head of the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia and from 2002–2007 he was Head of the School of Law at QUT in Brisbane. From March 2012 he is the Executive Dean at the Australian Catholic University's new Faculty of Law
Fitzgerald is a Chief Investigator and Program Leader for Law in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence on Creative Industries and Innovation. He is also the Project Leader of Creative Commons Australia and Peer to Patent Australia and is a Program Leader for the Access to Public Sector Information (PSI) Project within the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information.[1] He was Project Leader for the Open Access to Knowledge Law Project[2] studying legal protocols for open access for the Australian research sector, and for a project examining the legal framework needed to enhance e-Research.[3]
His current projects include work on intellectual property issues across the areas of Copyright, Digital Content and the Internet, Copyright and the Creative Industries in China, Open Content licensing and the Creative Commons, Free and Open Source Software, research Use of Patents, Patent Informatics Administration Licensing, Science Commons, e-Research, Licensing of Digital Entertainment and Anti-Circumvention Law.
Professor Fitzgerald was a member of the Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce.
Brian Fitzgerald was featured in The Sydney Morning Herald,[4] The Science Show,[5] and The Law Report[6] discussing the copyright related legal issues.
[edit] Books
- Cyberlaw: Cases and Materials on the Internet, Digital Intellectual Property and E Commerce (2002) ISBN 1863162089
- Jurisdiction and the Internet (2004) ISBN 0455219877
- Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software (2004) ISBN 0975139401
- Intellectual Property in Principle (2004) ISBN 0455218943
- Internet and Ecommerce Law (2007) ISBN 9780455222639
- Games and law: History, content, practice and law (2007) ISBN 101920898514
- Copyright Law, Digital Content and the Internet in the Asia Pacific (2008) ISBN 978-1920898-72-4
- Legal Framework for e-Research: Realising the Potential (2008) ISBN 9781920898939
- Going Digital 2000 (2008) ISBN 1863161503
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Data access and reuse: policy, law, technology and management
- ^ OAK Law Project contacts
- ^ Legal Strategies for Streamlining Collaboration in an e-Research World
- ^ Bushell-Embling, Dylan (2007-09-25). "Private Eyes on Public Data". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/private-eyes-on-public-data/2007/09/24/1190486224755.html?page=fullpage. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ Williams, Robyn (2007-12-01). "Alfred Deakin Innovation Lecture". ABC Radio National. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2007/2122486.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ Carrick, Damien (2002-08-06). "The World of Pirates, Playstations and Mod-Chips". ABC Radio National. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s639926.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
