Joseph is a PhD candidate the Melbourne Law School (MLS). He also holds appointments as a Sheridan Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and as an Academic Fellow at the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and the Law (at the same institution). His research interests lie in the fields of copyright and patent law and his work in these areas has been published in leading international journals like the Computer Law & Security Review, the Australian Intellectual Property Journal and Intellectual Property Quarterly.
Prior to commencing his doctoral research at MLS, Joseph taught tort law at the NUS Faculty of Law for over three years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford and a Master of Laws (Intellectual Property and Technology Law) from NUS.
Thesis title
Everything I know about copyright law, I learned from video games - using controversies in the field of video game copyright to explore issues relating to the subsistence and infringement of copyright under Australian law
Thesis summary
The thesis aims to use controversies in the field of video game copyright (eg the problem of “cloning” of gameplay elements and/or the lack of protection for video games, as the sum of their parts, under the laws of “closed list” jurisdictions like Australia) as a prism through which to explore whether certain features of Australian copyright law which affect a wide range of types of subject-matter (eg the adoption of a “closed list” system of copyright protection) are justifiable, with the insights from this research then providing guidance regarding possible reform of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
Supervisors
- Copyright law
- Patent law
- Information Technology Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Media and Communications Law
- Science and Technology Regulation
- Technology and Intellectual Property