News Corp Australia
In-Person Event |
at Allens Offices
Level 37, 101 Collins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC Australia
Doors Open and Breakfast Served from 7:30am AEDT
Copyright law remains a pressing issue for organisations balancing the demands of content creation, technology, and compliance. In-house lawyers are increasingly asked to advise on how copyright intersects with day-to-day staff workflows, large-scale enterprise systems, and now the rise of AI tools.
In this session, Miriam Stiel, Partner at Allens and Gina McWilliams, Senior Legal Counsel at News Corp Australia, will examine current and emerging copyright challenges, share practical insights, and discuss strategies for managing risk in a rapidly changing environment.
Speakers
Miriam Stiel, Partner and Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader, Allens
Miriam Stiel is a Partner of Allens and the head of the Intellectual Property group. Miriam has over 25 years’ experience as an intellectual property lawyer and works with Australian and multi-national corporations across media and entertainment, fashion, manufacturing, banking and finance, sport and technology to develop strategies for the protection, commercialisation and enforcement of their IP rights.
Miriam is the Deputy Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, a member of the Enforcement Committee of the International Trademark Association and the AI & New Emerging Technologies and Women in IP committees of the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Miriam has been recognised as a leading IP lawyer by a range of directories including Chambers Asia-Pacific and Legal 500 and as one of the global Top 250 in IP by Managing IP.
Miriam is at the forefront of considering the IP challenges brought by the rapid adoption of AI into the workplace here.
Gina McWilliams, Senior Legal Counsel, News Corp Australia
Gina started her legal career at Edwards Wallace (now defunct) in Perth before moving to Sydney in 2005. Apart from a short stint at Ashurst Australia, she has worked in-house at News Corp Australia ever since and likes to quip that they will one day cart her out of Holt Street in a pine box. Gina has worked on defamation matters large and small including Kostov v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; suppression and access matters including Hogan v Australian Crime Commission; press freedom matters including Smethurst v the Australian Federal Police and, in between, advises her print and online clients on all matters media related. She is a pilates fiend in her down-time and was delighted to be part of the team awarded the 2021 June Andrews Walkley Award for Women’s Leadership in Media for their work on the #LetHerSpeak/#LetThemSpeak campaign.
Notes
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