Mr Rob Batty

LLM, LLB/BA

Senior Lecturer

In: Law » Faculty of Law

Doctoral Candidate - Doctor of Philosophy

In: Faculty of Law

Biography

Rob is a Senior Lecturer. He teaches intellectual property at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. Rob’s primary research interest is in the area of trade mark law.

Research | Current

Rob's SSRN page can be found here http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1573739

Teaching | Current

2018 LAWCOMM 454: Trade Mark Law
2018 LAW 141: Legal Foundations
2018 LAWCOMM 713: Intellectual Property Law

Distinctions/Honours

University Teaching Excellence Award for Early Career Excellence in Teaching 2013

Business School Teaching Excellence Award for Early Career Excellence in Teaching 2012

Areas of expertise

Trade Mark Law

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Member of International Trademark Association.

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Batty, R. J. (2019). Submissions to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on Discussion Paper: Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill – Patents Act 2013, Trade Marks Act 2002, Designs Act 1953.
Batty, R. J. (2018). Loss of Property Ownership and Registered Trade Mark Law. Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 28 (4), 118-143.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43098
Batty, R. (2017). Unravelling the distinctiveness knot in New Zealand's Trade Marks Act. New Zealand Business Law Quarterly, 23 (1), 36-60.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/42721
Batty, R. (2016). Recalibrating Honest Concurrent Use Under New Zealand's Trade Marks Act 2002. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 27 (1), 1-37. Related URL.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29629
Batty, R. J. (2014). How Much Use Should Amount to “Genuine Use” of a Trade Mark?. New Zealand Business Law Quarterly, 20 (2).
Batty, R. J. (2014). The Challenges of Prior Use to New Zealand Registered Trade Mark Law. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 45 (2), 257-292.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/22961
Batty, R. (2013). Well there's your problem - The case for using PBL to teach law to business students. Law Teacher, 47 (2), 243-260. 10.1080/03069400.2013.790152
Batty, R. J. (2013). Parallel Importing and Trade Mark Use: A Tale of Two Uses. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 25 (3), 467-496. Related URL.