Ms Heather Forrest
Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Law
Qualifications
BA (Language and International Trade), JD, LLM, Member of the New York Bar
Contact
| Email: | heather.forrest@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W037 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3827 (or +61 2 6773 3827 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3602 |
Prior to joining the School of Law in 2007, Heather practiced law as a member of the New York (USA) Bar in the London office of US-based firm Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. In practice, she represented a wide range of clients in luxury brand goods, technology, entertainment/media, and food and beverage business sectors on an international team providing intellectual property, IT, and general corporate legal advice to North American and European companies. Heather has practiced IP law in both the USA and in England.
Particular areas of research interest include intellectual property rights in the context of domain names and global licensing of IP rights.
Publications:
- Utility Model: Widening the Economic Divide between ‘Legacy’ and ‘New’ EU Member States, International Business Lawyer, Oct. 2004
- The Framers Look at Eldred v. Ashcroft, Intellectual Property Today, Nov. 2003
- Open Market, Open Source, Duke Law and Technology Review, Nov. 2003
- A Lifeline for Infringing Ships, European Intellectual Property Review, [2003] E.I.P.R. 430 (co-authored with Rajita Sharma)
- Drawing a Line in the Constitutional Sand Between Congress and the Foreign Citizen Cybersquatter, Bill of Rights Journal, February 2001