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Doing Business with Wizards, Spider-men, and Jedi Knights: Managing IP and Fandom in the Experience Economy

November 4, 2019

WIPO-Queensland University of Technology (QUT) students win the GC O’Donnell Copyright Essay Prize

Three students from the WIPO-QUT Master of Intellectual Property Law (LL.M) won the prestigious GC O'Donnell Copyright Essay Prize administered by the Australian Copyright Council (ACC). The prize was awarded to Mr. Mark Robert Dy, Ms. Janani Iyer, and Mr. Romil Mehta during the 19th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium on October 22.

The three winners were awarded the prize for their research essay ‘Doing Business with Wizards, Spider-men, and Jedi Knights: Managing Intellectual Property and Fandom in the Experience Economy’. The essay advocates for a tolerant commercial approach in responding to the infringing activity of fans of popular culture. It was originally a class assignment, which the group developed into a broader and more comprehensive essay for the competition.

Mr. Mark Robert Dy, Mr. Romil Mehta and Ms. Janani Iyer in the library at the Queensland University of Technology working on their joint essay
From left to right: Mr. Mark Robert Dy, Mr. Romil Mehta and Ms. Janani Iyer in the library at the Queensland University of Technology working on their joint essay for a class assignment, a team effort which would later win the GC O'Donnell Copyright Essay Prize. (Photo: Mark Robert Dy).

About the GC O'Donnell Copyright Essay Prize

The GC O'Donnell Copyright Essay Prize consists of a certificate, a $3,500 AUD cash award, and the publication of the winning essay in the Copyright Reporter, the journal of the Copyright Society of Australia. The competition is organized on an annual basis in honor of the late Gustaf Charles O’Donnell, author and founder of the Australian Copyright Council and leading thinker on copyright in Australia.

If you would like to read the award-winning essay, it will be published soon in the Copyright Reporter and possibly in a future edition of the WIPO Magazine.

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