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Dr AMANDA SCARDAMAGLIA

Lecturer, Law
Australian Lawyer in the Supreme Court (Vic), PhD (Melbourne), LLB (Hons) (Melbourne), BA (Melbourne)

Ph +61 3 9214 5870
Fax +61 3 9819 2117
Room BA1009
ascardamaglia@swin.edu.au

Amanda completed her LLB (Hons) and BA at The University of Melbourne before being admitted to practice as an Australian Legal Practitioner in the Supreme Court of Victoria. She was a practicing solicitor at Browne & Co. for several years and worked on a variety of commercial law matters for a broad spectrum of clients, including the Australian Football League and Cricket Australia. Prior to joining Swinburne, Amanda was a Melbourne Law School Teaching Fellow at The University of Melbourne. She has recently completed her PhD in Law at The University of Melbourne, titled 'A History of Trade Mark Law in Australia: The Colonial Trade Mark Regime.'

Research Profile

Research Interests

Amanda's current research interests are in the area of intellectual property law. She is particularly interested in trade mark law, which was the subject of her PhD. Amanda is also interested in trade practices and competition law.

Teaching Areas and Responsiblities

  • HBL222/N Marketing Law
  • HBL111/N Law in Global Business
  • HBL330N Intellectual Property Law

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Scardamaglia, A. (2012) "Protecting Product Shapes and Features: Beyond Design and Trade Marks in Australia", Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, vol 7(3), pp159-161 (doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpr206).

Scardamaglia, A. (2011) "The Colonial Trade Mark Regime: Parallel Rationales, Theories and Frameworks", Kings Law Journal, vol 22, pp259–288.

Other Publications

Scardamaglia, A. (2011), "The Return of Duff Beer – Only This Time it's 'Legendary", Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law, Edition 20 http://fortnightlyreview.info/2011/11/04/the-return-of-duff-beer-%e2%80%93-only-this-time-it%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98legendary%e2%80%99/

Scardamaglia, A. (2011), "The Suffix, the Prefix and the Trade Mark", Intellectual Property Law Bulletin, Vol 191, pp.23.

Scardamaglia, A. (2011), "Square Peg, Round Hole - The Problem with Shape Marks", Intellectual Property Law Bulletin, Vol 157, pp.23.

Scardamaglia, A. (2010), "Media, Communications and Public Speech: The 2010 Conference of the CMCL", Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law, Edition 20.
http://fortnightlyreview.info/2010/12/09/media-communications-and-public-speech-the-2010-conference-of-the-cmcl/

Scardamaglia, A. (2010), "Storm in a Contour Bottle? - The Coca-Cola Company v Pepsico Inc & Ors VID 876/2010", Fortnightly Review of IP & Media Law, Edition 18.
http://fortnightlyreview.info/2010/11/01/storm-in-a-contour-bottle-the-coca-cola-company-v-pepsico-inc-ors-vid-8762010/

Australia and New Zealand Sports Law Association (ANZSLA) (2009), "Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Reporting of Sports News and Digital Media".
https://senate.aph.gov.au/submissions/comittees/viewdocument.aspx?id=96924420-28b4-4aad-a6bc-8a2bb80e66be

Conferences

Scardamaglia, A. (2011), "The Colonial Trade Mark Regime: Morally Justified or Self Interested Pragmatism?", IGLRC 2011, Kings College, University of London, London (April 2011)

Scardamaglia, A. (2011), "PhD: Work in Progress", ATLAS Agora 2010, New York University, New York (June 2010)

 

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