Mr Mark Bender - Researcher Profile

Mark Bender

Address

Department of Business Law and Taxation
Monash University, Caulfield

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 990 32917

Email: Mark.Bender@monash.edu


Biography

Mark Bender is a lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation.

He has held general manager roles with companies involved in defence, manufacturing, IT and retail, and worked with Dun & Bradstreet and Yellow Pages. He is admitted as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of the ACT, a barrister of the High Court of Australia and a trade marks attorney. 

Prior to joining the Department of Business Law and Taxation, Mark taught commercial law, corporations law and marketing law at Deakin University and Swinburne University of Technology. In 2007, he was awarded the Department of Business Law and Taxation Prize for Teaching Excellence and Innovation.

Mark developed the website LawFacts.net, to provide links to interesting facts and information on the web relating to leading commercial cases that are likely to be encountered in studying law (or law subjects as part of another course) at university. Mark also has a podcast series, PodLaw, available at www.podlaw.net or via the Apple iTunes store.

Mark is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, the Australian Law Teachers Association, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, the Corporate Law Teachers Association, the Copyright Association of Australia  and the  Golden Key International Honour Society.

His research and supervision interests include intellectual property, technology law, teaching technology and marketing law.

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN TRADE MARK LAW & PRACTICE
Institution: University of Technology, Sydney
Year awarded: 2008
MASTER OF LAWS
Institution: The Australian National University
Year awarded: 2007
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2007
LAWS - BACHELOR HONOURS
Institution: Deakin University
Year awarded: 2005
CERT IV ASSESMENT&WORKPLACETRAINING - OTHER COURSE
Institution: Swinburne University
Year awarded: 2004
BUSINESS (BUSINESS LAW/MARKETING) - BACHELOR
Institution: Swinburne University
Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Book Chapters

Bender, M.R., 2008, Use of another's trademarks in search engine marketing, in Trademarks and Infringements, eds Audhi Narayana Vavili, ICFAI University Press, India, pp. 178-189.

Journal Articles

Berger-Walliser, G., Williams, M.S., Walliser, B., Bender, M.R., 2012, Bavarian blondes don't need a visa: A comparative law analysis of ambush marketing, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law [P], vol 21, issue 1, Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans LA USA, pp. 1-35.

Herzberg, A., Bender, M., Gordon-Brown, L., 2010, Does the voluntary administration scheme satisfy its legislative objectives? An exploratory analysis, Insolvency Law Journal [P], vol 18, issue 4, Lawbook Co, Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 181-196.

Herzberg, A., Bender, M.R., Gordon-Brown, L.N., 2009, Characteristics of companies in voluntary administration, Keeping Good Companies [P], vol 61, issue 5, Chartered Secretaries Australia Ltd, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 260-265.

Bender, M.R., 2008, The price is right - or wrong, Law Institute Journal, vol 82, issue 08, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 54-57.

Bender, M.R., 2007, Australia's spam legislation: An overview, Monash Business Review, vol 3, issue 3, Monash University ePress, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-15.

Bender, M.R., 2007, Deterring spammers, Law Institute Journal, vol 81, issue 9, Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 68-71.

Bender, M.R., 2007, Domain name disputes involving trademarks in Australia, Monash Business Review, vol 3, issue 2, Monash University ePress, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-10.

Bender, M.R., 2006, Taking up the cudgels: will a notion of ongoing loyalty prevent a lawyer from acting against a former client?, E Law, vol 13, issue 2, School of Law, Murdoch University, Perth WA Australia, pp. 113-124.

Bender, M.R., 2006, Triple treat: legal options for the removal or modification of restrictive covenants on land in Victoria, Australian Property Law Journal, vol 13, issue 2, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 179-203.