Kimberlee Weatherall
Encyclopedia
Kimberlee Weatherall is an Australian intellectual property
lawyer
, blog
ger and academic.
Weatherall studied at Oxford
and Yale
, then worked for Mallesons Stephen Jaques
in Sydney before becoming a lecturer at the Melbourne Law School. She is also the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia and board member of the Australian Digital Alliance
. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland
. She was awarded the third annual Rusty Wrench
award for service to the free software
community at linux.conf.au
2007.
IP Chapter.
On 10 January 2007 Weatherall announced she would cease posting to the blog.http://weatherall.blogspot.com/2007/01/last-post-and-five-things-you-didnt.html. She continues to blog on intellectual property law issues at LawFont.http://www.lawfont.com
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
ger and academic.
Weatherall studied at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and Yale
YALE
RapidMiner, formerly YALE , is an environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics, and business analytics. It is used for research, education, training, rapid prototyping, application development, and industrial applications...
, then worked for Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Mallesons Stephen Jaques is a commercial law firm that operates in the Asia-Pacific region. It is one of the 30 largest law firms in Australia, and is widely regarded as one of the top commercial law firms in Australia.-Offices:...
in Sydney before becoming a lecturer at the Melbourne Law School. She is also the Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia and board member of the Australian Digital Alliance
Australian Digital Alliance
The Australian Digital Alliance is an Australian non-profit coalition of public and private sector interests, formed to promote balanced copyright law by providing a voice for the public interest perspective in debates about copyright change and reform...
. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
. She was awarded the third annual Rusty Wrench
Rusty Wrench
The Rusty Wrench is an award presented annually at linux.conf.au since 2005 for service to the free software community in Australia. It is named for its first recipient, Rusty Russell.- Past recipients :* 2007 Kimberlee Weatherall* 2006 Pia Waugh...
award for service to the free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
community at linux.conf.au
Linux.conf.au
linux.conf.au is Australasia's regional Linux and Open Source conference. It is a roaming conference, held in a different city every year, coordinated by Linux Australia and organised by local volunteers....
2007.
Blog
Her popular blog Weatherall's Law is one of the few covering IP issues in Australia in a manner accessible to non-lawyers. It contains detailed analyses of legal issues in Australia, including cases, legislation and legislative review. Started in mid-2002, the blog was particularly active in discussing the Australia-United States Free Trade AgreementAustralia-United States Free Trade Agreement
The Australia – United States Free Trade Agreement is a preferential trade agreement between Australia and the United States modelled on the North American Free Trade Agreement . The free trade agreement was signed on 18 May 2004, ratified by the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 July 2004 by a...
IP Chapter.
On 10 January 2007 Weatherall announced she would cease posting to the blog.http://weatherall.blogspot.com/2007/01/last-post-and-five-things-you-didnt.html. She continues to blog on intellectual property law issues at LawFont.http://www.lawfont.com