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Professor
David Tan
Born1969
NationalitySingaporean
EducationB.Com. (Melbourne)
LL.B. (Hons) (Melbourne)
LL.M. (Harvard)
Ph.D. (Melbourne)
Alma materMelbourne Law School
Harvard Law School
EmployerNational University of Singapore
Notable workThe Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off (2017)

David Tan is a Singaporean law professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore (NUS Law). He is currently the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at NUS Law.[1] His legal scholarship covers intellectual and intangible property law. David is also a fine art and fashion photographer, with exhibitions presented by Cartier and Versace.[2]

Biography

David graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and he was a resident of Trinity College, Melbourne (1991–1995). He was awarded the RJ Hamer and Corrs Chambers Westgarth Prizes in Constitutional & Administrative Law, Price Waterhouse Prize in Contracts, and Rayne Dickson Memorial Exhibition Prize in Health & Medical Law. David was conferred a Master of Laws in 1999 from Harvard, where he attended on the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship.[3]

David worked in DBS Bank before joining the Singapore Administrative Service in December 2001, serving as Director of International Talent at the Ministry of Manpower and Head of Contact Singapore, and as Director of Sports in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. David left the Singapore Administrative Service and enrolled in the Ph.D. programme at Melbourne Law School in 2006.[4]

David joined NUS Law as an Assistant Professor in December 2008. In 2012, he became a tenured Associate Professor. He was appointed Vice Dean of Academic Affairs in 2015, overseeing the LL.B. and LL.M. programmes. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of Dean’s Chair at the faculty.[4] He was promoted to full Professor on 1 July 2018.[5]

David's legal scholarship covers three areas of intellectual and intangible property – personality rights, copyright, and trademarks – as well as tort law and comparative constitutional freedom of expression.[1] He adopts an "interdisciplinary approach drawing on cultural studies and semiotics".[5]

His monograph The Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.[6][7] David has also published in a range of journals including Yale Journal of International Law, Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, WIPO Journal, Sydney Law Review and Law Quarterly Review.[8]

David's recent work also encompasses the future of legal education in Singapore. He has proposed a new "3T" paradigm of "Transnationalism, Technology and Tradition".[9]

Photography

David has contributed to magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Elle.[2] He is currently represented by Yang Gallery.[10] A visual arts studio at Trinity College, Melbourne has been named after him.[11]

David has staged several solo photography exhibitions:[12]

  • "Multiculturalism or Monoculturalism" (1997)
  • "Private Moments" (1999)
  • "Visions of Beauty" featuring the designs of Versace (2000)
  • "Tainted Perfection" presented by Cartier (2003)
  • "The First Decade: 1996-2005" (2005)
  • "7 Rules" presented by 7 For All Mankind (2010)


References

  1. ^ a b https://law.nus.edu.sg/people/david-tan/
  2. ^ a b "About - David Tan Photo".
  3. ^ https://justified.nuslawclub.com/quare-prof-david-tan/ Quare: Prof David Tan
  4. ^ a b https://law.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CV-TAN-David-own.pdf Curriculum Vitae
  5. ^ a b https://law.nus.edu.sg/media/david-tan-promoted-to-full-professor/
  6. ^ David Tan (2017), The Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781316488744
  7. ^ "New legal book looks at how social media changed definition of fame". The Straits Times. September 13, 2017.
  8. ^ Porich, Jimmy (February 11, 2020). "Professor David Tan". Melbourne Law School.
  9. ^ Tan, Professor David (July 12, 2020). "Transnationalism, Technology and Tradition: What We Are (And Should Be) Teaching".
  10. ^ https://www.yanggallery.com.sg/artists/david-tan/
  11. ^ https://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/about/news-media/news/david-tan
  12. ^ "Exhibitions - David Tan Photo".
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