I am a regular contributor to radio, TV and press coverage of important IP issues – here are some of my most recent ones:

Web AV
“NFT Art and the Law“, Melbourne Law School Film, Arts, Media and Entertainment (FAME) Students’ Association and the Science and Technology Law Association public lecture, Melbourne, 8 October 2021
“Online Markets and Value Gaps: News Aggregators – The Australian Way“, Association littéraire et artistique internationale (ALAI) 2021 Congress, Madrid, 1 October 2021
“Domain Name Disputes under the auDRP and UDRP: Tips and Tricks for Running a Case” - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, IPSANZ/Victorian Bar Twilight Seminar, 5 August 2013
“An Empirical Comparison of the Outcome of Patent Examination in the USPTO, the EPO and IP Australia“, IPRIA/IPTA seminar, 19 November 2012
“Do We Still Need Record Labels“, 1st Vanderbilt-Melbourne Global Debate, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA, 15 November 2011
“Legal aspects of Internet startups“, LLM Club coffee hour talk, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, 14 September 2011
“Beyond Genes: What should and should not be patented and how to tell the difference“, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia and Charles Darwin University School of Law and Business seminar, Darwin, 28 April 2011
“Intellectual Property: a guide for the rest of us“, Up Close episode 121 (2010)

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Print and Online Media
“Attempt to trademark ‘Always Was Always Will Be’ highlights copyright issues facing Aboriginal communities“, ABC News Online, 30 April 2021
“Why We Should Grant Patents on COIVD-19 Vaccines“, Pursuit, 10 September 2020
“KeepCup takes coffee giant Gloria Jean’s to court for allegedly copying its reusable cup design“, ABC News Online, 7 July 2017
“More Rigorous Patent Examination In US Than Europe And Australia?“, IP Watch, 2 November 2016
“Evergreening concerns without basis“, Pharma in Focus, 2 September 2016
“Is VPN Use Copyright Infringement? Not So Fast, Lawyers Say“, Bloomberg BNA, 3 February 2016
“‘Simple Past, Present Continuous … Future Perfect?’ GFIP Conference Report V“, The IPKat, 28 August 2015
“The gaping loophole in the new anti-piracy law“, The New Daily, 24 June 2015
“Dallas Buyers Club judgment: What are the implications?“, SBS News (online), 8 April 2015
“Geoblocking: Why you shouldn’t put up with it“, The New Daily, 5 February 2015
“WIPO Seminar Discusses Interface Between IP And Private International Law“, IP Watch, 23 January 2015
“Copyright notices for photos on Facebook hardly worth sharing“, The Age, 5 December 2014
“‘Fake’ White Ribbon website faces legal action“, The Age, 2 November 2014
“Australian Domain Administrator to present Dispute Decisions Overview“, Managing Intellectual Property (online), 18 August 2014
“Explainer: The illegal downloading debate“, The Daily Telegraph (online), 1 August 2014
“Melbourne City, aka Melbourne Heart, faces battle to win rights to new name“, The Sydney Morning Herald (online), 19 June 2014
“Legal fight over ‘Melbourne City’ name will be lost: expert“, The Age, 15 June 2014
“A Patent Year: Andrew Christie’s Highlights“, Managing IP, 1 June 2014
“McAfee accused of McSlurping Open Source Vulnerability Database“, The Register, 8 May 2014
“Lawmakers try to develop ways to sell digital music“, news.com.au Technology, 31 July 2013
“Are generic manufacturer patents driving up drug prices?“, Managing IP, 11 April 2013
“Misuse of drug patenting could cost the health system billions“, HealthCanal.com, 10 April 2013 
“Big pharma faces an incendiary mix of distrust and austerity“, Managing IP, 8 April 2013
“Uni cheats buy work in cyberspace“, The Age, 3 October 2012
“Why IP professional must take ‘gene patent’ opponents seriously“, Patentology, 8 May 2011
“Hotel chain wins further 160 domains from respondent“, Managing Internet IP, 19 January 2011
“A new paradigm in the UDRP“, Managing Internet IP, 1 December 2010
“Christie: Why I back Octogen“, Managing Internet IP, 29 October 2010

TV and Radio
“A classic David & Goliath battle in brewing in the coffee industry“, The Business, ABC TV, 7 July 2017
“Australian internet pirates shown the red flag“, the wire, 8 April 2015
“Dallas Buyers Club judgment: What are the implications?“, SBS News (online), 8 April 2015
“Big pharmaceuticals no winner in patent stoush“, The Law Report, ABC Radio National, 16 April 2013
“Cancer group loses gene patent challenge“, RN Drive, ABC Radio National, 15 February 2013
“Māori intellectual property rights in Australia questioned“, Te Karere, TVNZ, 31 December 2012
“Masterchef Battle – ‘Mr Whippy’ trademark dispute“, A Current Affair, Channel 9, 6 September 2012
“Privacy and Defamation on Social Media Platforms“, News Exchange, ABC TV News 24, 27 April 2012