Date: 04.05.10
Venue: see your email
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Host: Paul Noonan & James Konidaris
Topic: Intellectual Property and Copyright
Paul Noonan (Partner) and James Konidaris (Lawyer) are members of the Intellectual Property practice group at law firm Herbert Geer. The firm has one of Australia's leading practice groups in this area and is currently acting for the internet service provider iiNet in relation to groundbreaking copyright litigation brought against the company by a consortium of large film studios.
Paul and James act for publishers, recording companies and musicians as well as technology and communications companies and a range of other 'content' creators, owners and users. Paul has been a lawyer in these fields for 14 years and is also a professional musician who has played on numerous recordings (mostly in the days before digital downloading was possible!). Among the projects has has been working on recently is a contract for delivery of IPTV content by an ISP to its subscribers via the ISP's broadband network. James has been working on the iiNet copyright matter and also practices in the area of telecommunications law.