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. (2020). Is it bad faith to apply for a trade mark you do not intend to use?. New Zealand Intellectual Property Journal, 9, 79-90.
Batty, R. (2020). The rise, fall and convolution of the intent to use requirement under New Zealand trade mark law. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 10 (1), 87-114. 10.4337/qmjip.2020.01.04
Batty, R. (2019). Long road ahead for ‘Mānuka Honey’ trade mark. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/@ideasroom/2019/10/30/884152/long-road-ahead-for-manuka-honey-trade-mark. Related URL.
Gray, E., & Batty, R. (2019). Ownership jurisprudence under the Trade Marks Act 2002 – past and future directions. New Zealand Intellectual Property Journal, 9 (1)
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. (2019). The conclusiveness of trade mark registration: A New Zealand perspective. Intellectual Property Quarterly, 4, 306-329.
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