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Associate Professor Catherine Bond

Associate Professor Catherine Bond

Associate Professor

BMedia LLB (Hons 1)Macq, PhDUNSW

Law & Justice
School of Law, Society & Criminology

Associate Professor Catherine Bond researches in intellectual property law, specifically copyright history; the relationship between law and war in Australia; and Australian legal history. She has published widely in leading Australian and international law journalson topics ranging from Crown copyright, to plain packaging of tobacco products, to the introduction of a patent system in theGame of Thronesworld of Westeros.

Catherine's most recent book,Law in War: Freedom and Restriction in Australia During the Great War, was published by NewSouth Publishing in April 2020. In addition to Catherine'sresearch being showcased onmultiple media,podcast and radio outlets, including on, and , Law in Warreceived positive reviews in forums including,and. An extract from the start of the book was published in.

Catherine’s first book,Anzac: The Landing, TheLegend, The Law, was published by Australian Scholarly Publishingin 2016.Her work on the legal regulation of 'Anzac' has been featured inandon, and.

Catherineteachesacross a range of courses in the Faculty's LLB, JD and LLM programs, including the UG/JD core courseLawyers, Ethics and Justice; the UG/JD elective coursesIntellectual Property 1: Copyright and Designsand Intellectual Property 2: Trade Marks and Patents; the LLM core course Legal Concepts, Research and Writing;and the JD/LLM electiveLaw and the Culture Industries.

In 2024, Catherine was the at the Georgetown University , hosted at Bush House, Kings' College London.

At UNSW Sydney, Catherine was Acting Deputy President of the UNSW Academic Board (2022-2023) and the Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Law & Justice (2021-2023). She was previously Acting Deputy Head of School (2019) andDirector of Undergraduate Studies (2017-2019). In 2015 Catherine was the Chair of the UNSW-wide Women in Research Network (WiRN) Organising Committee, and the Faculty of Law Representative from 2013 to 2016. She has also been Acting Director of Research (2012); the Director of the LLM (Innovation) and LLM (Media and Technology Law) streams (2010 - 2014); and Director of the Master of Law, Media and Journalism (and its associated Graduate Diploma) programs (2011 - 2014) during her time at UNSW Sydney.
E-mail
catherine.bond@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 371 Law & Justice Building University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
  • Books | 2020
    Bond C, 2020, Law in War: Freedom and restriction in Australia during the Great War, NewSouth Publishing,
    Books | 2016
    Bond CM, 2016, Anzac: The Landing, The Legend, The Law, 1, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne,
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    Bond C; Lai JC, 2020, ''"A process of experimentation": intellectual property, war and defence in Australasia'', in Ghosh S (ed.), Forgotten Intellectual Property Lore: Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property, Edward Elgar, pp. 375 - 406,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Bond C, 2019, 'Aspirin Pill', in Op den Kamp C; Hunter D (ed.), A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects, Cambridge University Press, pp. 208 - 215,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Bond CM, 2016, 'Cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in: Copyright in the Australian colonies', in Alexander I; Gomez-Arostegui T (ed.), Research Handbook on the History of Copyright Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 372 - 390
  • Edited Books | 2021
    Bond C, (ed.), 2021, Law and War, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne,
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Bond C, 2025, 'Moral rights in Australia: a case law retrospective—Part 1', Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 20, pp. 39 - 45,
    Journal articles | 2025
    Bond C, 2025, 'Moral rights in Australia: a case law retrospective—Part 2', Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 20, pp. 139 - 146,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bond C, 2022, 'Dobbing: Australia’s favourite emergency pastime', Alternative Law Journal, 47, pp. 47 - 53,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bond C, 2022, 'Political use of copyright-protected music in Australia and New Zealand: Part I', European Intellectual Property Review, 44, pp. 27 - 32,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bond C, 2022, 'Political use of copyright-protected music in Australia and New Zealand: Part II', European Intellectual Property Review, 44, pp. 71 - 77,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bond C, 2019, 'Crown Ownership of Copyright: The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 as a Case Study', Adelaide Law Review, 40, pp. 695 - 723,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bond C, 2019, 'Symbols, Trade Marks and Remembrance: “Anzac” and the Poppy', European Intellectual Property Review, 41, pp. 373 - 380
    Journal articles | 2017
    Bond CM, 2017, ''"Through the dreadful circumstances of fate, a broken man": Anton Reznicek, War and Australian Law, 1911-1930'', Legal History, 17, pp. 46 - 69,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Bond CM, 2017, 'Tobacco Plain Packaging in Australia : JT International v Commonwealth and Beyond', QUT Law Review, 17, pp. 1 - 20,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Bond C, 2016, 'So your client's been publicly shamed - Part I', Internet Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 246 - 249
    Journal articles | 2016
    Bond C, 2016, 'So your client's been publicly shamed - Part II', Internet Law Bulletin, 19, pp. 318 - 321
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bond CM; Crosbie S, 2015, 'Nothing burns like the cold - except for wildfire: How patents could win the Game of Thrones', Media and Arts Law Review, 20, pp. 125 - 146
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bond CM, 2015, 'This is not a Bill to legalize looting: Wartime Regulation of Enemy-Owned Intellectual Property in Australia', Intellectual Property Quarterly, 2, pp. 79 - 105
    Journal articles | 2015
    Greenleaf GW; Bond C, 2015, 'Copyright duration in Australia: 1869 to 2014', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 25, pp. 155 - 178,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Bond CM, 2014, 'A spectacle cannot be owned: A History of the uneasy relationship between copyright and sport in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal, 8, pp. 1 - 19,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bond CM; Greenleaf G, 2013, '“Public rights” in copyright: What makes up Australia's public domain?', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 23, pp. 111,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bond CM, 2013, 'Commonwealth v WikiLeaks: Fairfax revisited', Media and Arts Law Review, 18, pp. 310 - 329,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Bond CM; Greenleaf GW, 2011, 'Reuse rights and Australia's unfinished PSI revolution', International Journal Informatica e Diritto, 1, pp. 341 - 369,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Bond CM, 2011, '"The play goes on eternally": Copyright, Marcus Clarke's Heirs and His Natural Life as Play and Film - Part One', Intellectual Property Journal, 23, pp. 267 - 287,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Bond CM, 2011, '"The play goes on eternally": Copyright, Marcus Clarke's Heirs and His Natural Life as Play and Film Part Two', Intellectual Property Journal, 24, pp. 61 - 77,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Bond CM, 2011, 'Big Tobacco, Smaller Print: The Constitutional Validity of Plain Packaging on Tobacco Products', Public Law Review, 22, pp. 251 - 256,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Bond CM, 2011, 'There's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world": Copyright complexity and law reform in Australia', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 34, pp. 1145 - 1162,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Bond CM, 2010, '"Curse the Law!": unravelling the copyright complexities in Marcus Clarke's His Natural Life', Media and Arts Law Review, 15, pp. 452 - 477,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bond CM, 2009, 'Constitutional aspects of Australia's public domain', Copyright Reporter, 27, pp. 4 - 11
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bowrey KA; Bond CM, 2009, 'Copyright and the fourth estate: Does copyright support a sustainable and reliable public domain of news?', Intellectual Property Quarterly, pp. 399 - 427
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bond CM; Greenleaf GW; Paramaguru A, 2007, 'Advance Australia Fair? The Copyright Reform Process', The Journal of World Intellectual Property, 10, pp. 284 - 313
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bond CM, 2007, 'Legal Controversies Surrounding Wikipedia', Computers and Law, 68, pp. 4 - 8
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bond CM, 2007, 'Reconciling crown copyright and reuse of government information: An analysis of the CLRC Crown Copyright Review', Media and Arts Law Review, 12, pp. 343 - 365
    Journal articles | 2007
    Bond CM, 2007, 'Simplification and consistency in Australian Public Rights Licences', Script-ed, 4, pp. 38 - 58
    Journal articles | 2006
    Bond CM, 2006, 'Can I sue Google if it says I`m Gay? THe Tales of Internet defamation in the UK', Computers and Law, 64, pp. 1 - 6
    Journal articles | 2006
    Bond CM, 2006, 'More Convenient Copyright? The Copyright Amendment Act 2006', Computers and Law, 66, pp. 1 - 6
    Journal articles | 2006
    Bond CM, 2006, 'Trade Mark Infringement with an Apple Twist', Computers and Law, 65, pp. 7 - 10
  • Conference Presentations | 2025
    Bond C, 2025, '‘Freedom of Expression, National and International Restrictions on Famous Words’', presented at UNSW/UTS Trade Marks and Freedom of Expression Workshop, UNSW Sydney, 06 March 2025
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Bond C, 2023, '‘“Across the Anzac Ocean: New Zealand, law and protection of the word “Anzac”’', presented at Victoria University of Wellington School of Accounting and Commercial Law Seminar Series, 28 April 2023
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Bond C, 2022, '‘“And you were never so happy as in those days”: The legacy of First World War laws in Australia’', presented at Society of Legal Scholars Conference, King’s College London, 06 September 2022 - 09 September 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Bond C, 2021, '‘Law in First World War Australia: Lessons for Modern Emergencies’', presented at John Turner Memorial Lecture, New South Wales History Week 2021, 10 September 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Bond C, 2018, '"To Kill A Trade Mark": Wartime Lessons for Trade Mark Law', presented at Centre for Transformation Innovation and Swinburne Law School Research Seminar Series, Swinburne University of Technology, 05 December 2018,
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Bond C, 2018, 'Fairness on the home front: "Anzac" as trade mark, 1915 -', presented at International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), Hanken School of Economics, 05 August 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Bond C, (eds.), 2017, 'Anzac: The Landing, The Legend, The Law', presented at UNSW Law Book Forum, UNSW Australia, 06 April 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Bond C, 2017, ''To Kill a Trade Mark': Wartime Lessons on the Objects and Purposes of Trade Mark Law', presented at International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), Victoria University of Wellington, 23 October 2017,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Bond C, 2017, 'A Statement Worth £100: The High Price of Dissent in WWI Australia', presented at Conference of the Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia, La Trobe Law School, Melbourne Law School, 12 December 2017,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Bond C, 2017, 'Anzac: The Landing, The Legend, The Law', presented at Seminar and Book Launch - Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Program, Queensland University of Technology, 12 April 2017,
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Bond C, 2017, 'Anzac: The Landing, The Legend, The Law', presented at Seminar, Swinburne Law School, Swinburne University of Technology, 20 April 2017
    Reports | 2016
    Alexander I; Bond C; Bowrey KA; Burrell R; Handler M; Greenleaf G; Nicol D; Neilsen J; Weatherall K, 2016, Submission 505 to Productivity Commission, Intellectual Property Arrangements: Draft Report,
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Bond C; Bowrey K, 2016, 'Dramatisation, Film and Performance Rights: Reconciling Nineteenth Century British Law and Business Practice', presented at Australasian IP Academics Conference, University of Western Australia, 03 February 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Bond C, 2015, 'Commentator, Joseph Slaughter, "Open Source Intelligence: Counterinsurgency, State Secrets and Small Novels"', presented at International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property 7th Annual Workshop, University of Pennsylvania, 22 July 2015 - 24 July 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Bond C, 2015, 'Stumbling through Anzackery: The Legal Regulation of a Symbol of State', presented at CMCL and IPRIA Conference, University of Melbourne, 23 November 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Bond C; Bowrey K, 2014, 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab: An inquiry into how late 19th century copyright law supported colonial 'Australian' productions', presented at Australia and New Zealand Law and History Conference, University of New England, 10 December 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Bond C, 2014, 'Beyond Borders: Extra-territorial regulation of 'Anzac'', presented at Australia and New Zealand Law and History Conference, University of New England, 10 December 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Bond C, 2014, 'Colonial Newspapers as Copyright Courtrooms', presented at Australasian IP Academics Conference, Griffith University, 07 February 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Bond C, 2014, 'Law and Symbols of State: A Legal History of 'Anzac'', presented at Law School Seminar Series, University of New South Wales, 09 September 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Bond C, 2013, ''"The Equitable Right to Her Late Husband’s Brains": The Cultural Practice of a ‘Right’ to Royalties in the Australian Colonies'', presented at International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property 5th Annual Conference, Universite Paris Diderot and Universite Pantheon-Assas, 26 June 2013 - 28 June 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Bond C, 2013, 'From I.G. Farbenindustrie to Lili Marlene: Wartime Regulation of Enemy-Owned Intellectual Property in Australia', presented at Law School Seminar Series, University of New South Wales, 08 December 2013
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Bond C; Greenleaf G, 2012, '"Public rights" in copyright: What makes up Australia's public domain?'', presented at Australasian IP Academics Conference, University of Adelaide, 13 July 2012 - 14 July 2012
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Bond C, 2012, '‘Constitutional transformations of Australian Intellectual property laws’', presented at Australia & New Zealand Law and History Society Conference, University of Technology Sydney, 10 December 2012 - 12 December 2012
    Reports | 2008
    Bond CM; Greenleaf G; Paramaguru A; Christou S, 2008, Legal Deposit's Role in the Public Domain': Submission to the Attorney-General's Department and DCITA, Review of the Extension of Legal Deposit, Australia
    Reports | 2008
    Bond CM; Greenleaf G; Vaile D; Christou S, 2008, Making Victoria's Public Sector Information More Useful': Submission to the Victorian Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee 'Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian Public Sector Information & Data, Economic Development and Infrastructure. Committe, Victoria
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    Bond CM, 2007, 'Copyright Criminals and Death of the Commons', presented at Outlaws: Australian National University College of Law Postgraduate Research Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 06 June 2007 - 07 June 2007
    Preprints |
    Greenleaf G; Maurushat A; Vaile D; Bond C; Paramaguru A, Not a Fair Trade: Australia's TPM Protection and AUSFTA-Inspired Reforms, ,
    Preprints |
    Paramaguru A; Vaile D; Bond C; Maurushat A, Copyright Infringement Notices Scheme: A Submission to the Attorney-General's Department, ,
    Preprints |
    Submission in Response to the Australian Productivity Commission's Inquiry into IP Arrangements Draft Report, ,

  • Australian Research Council LIEF Grant 2015: 'The Australasian Legal History Libraries: Stage II'. Chief Investigators: Greenleaf, Prof Graham W; Mowbray, Prof Andrew S; Lunney, Prof Mark D; Twomey, Prof Anne F; Adams, Prof Michael A; Jones, Ms Judith S; Petrow, A/Prof Stefan; Nettelbeck, Prof Amanda E; Prest, Prof Wilfrid R; Finnane, Prof Mark J; Nielsen, Dr Jennifer M; Swain, A/Prof Warren M; Wells, Mr Andrew M; Genovese, Dr Ann L; Josev, Ms Tanya; Reynolds, Prof Rocque; Dorsett, Prof Shaunnagh G; Ailwood, Dr Sarah L; Sainsbury, Prof Maree T; Bond, Dr Catherine M; Stuhmcke, Prof Anita; Ford, Dr Lisa M; Stuckey, Prof Michael; Certoma, Prof Leroy; Williams, Prof John M; Appleby, Dr Gabrielle J; Kercher, Prof Bruce R; Kelly, A/Prof Catherine J; Handford, Prof Peter R
  • Australian Research Council Discovery Project 2014 - 2016: 'Australian made: A history of Australian copyright law and creator success 1868-1968'. Chief Investigators: Professor Kathy Bowrey and Dr Catherine Bond.
  • Australian Research Council LIEF Grant 2012: 'The Australasian Legal History Library: Creating historical depth in legal data on AustLII, to improve all legal research'. Chief Investigators: Mowbray, Prof Andrew S; Greenleaf, Prof Graham W; Ford, Dr Lisa M; Nettelbeck, Prof AmandaE; Grantham, Prof Ross B; Twomey, A/Prof Anne F; Finnane, Prof Mark J; Williams, Prof John M; Buck, Prof Andrew R; Kercher, Prof Bruce R; Adams, Prof Michael A; Foster, A/Prof RobertK; Petrow, A/Prof Stefan; Bond, Dr Catherine M; Dorsett, A/Prof Shaunnagh G; Lunney, Prof Mark D; McDermott, A/Prof Peter M; Prest, Em/Prof Wilfrid R; Jones, Ms Judith S; Irving, Prof Helen D; Otlowski, Prof Margaret F; Peterson, Mr Naish.

Memberships and professional affiliations

Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society

Editorial Roles

Guest Editor, Special Issue on 'Law and War',Legal History(2021)

Publisher's Executive Board, Legal History (Australian Scholarly Publishing/Swinburne Law School)

Editorial Board,Media & Arts Law Review

My Research Supervision

Paul Hayes, ‘The post-1901 history of military callouts to aid Australian governments. Certain 'domestic emergency' case studies are to be examined e.g. 1949 Coal Strike, 1978 CHOGRM bombing and 1989 Airline Pilots Dispute’, (Catherine Bond/Sarah Williams/Paul Kildea)

My Teaching

Lawyers, Ethics and Justice (LAWS1230/JURD7130)

Intellectual Property 1: Copyright and Designs (LAWS3046/JURD7446)

Intellectual Property 2: Trade Marks and Patents(LAWS3248/JURD7448)

Legal Concepts, Research & Writing (LAWS8213)

Law and the Culture Industries (LAWS8139/JURD7639)