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Tracy Sweeny

Principal Sweeny Legal. A MOBILE Intellectual Property & Commercial Law Practice servicing Wollongong & the Illawarra Illawarra Area, Australia Legal Services

Summary

I was born and bred in Thirroul, (McCauley's Beach), but educated in Sydney and overseas. I have been a Research Associate at the UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre since 2004. A centre for public interest in networked transactions. I am a former lecturer in law at two university law faculties, UTS and Wollongong. I have experience in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), cataloguing, keyword and boolean searching information. I am a trained librarian and cataloguer with publications in intellectual property, domain names, trade mark law and commercial law. I have special interest in arts law, including Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, Trade Marks, Designs Law and Copyright issues. I am interested in clean technology (I am married to a scientist, helping to keep the Illawarra clean and we have three beautiful children all born in Wollongong), I have a keen interest in industrial designs and industrial property patents, and plant breeders rights. I have a special interest in designs and have taught designs law. I collect 19th century jewellery patents. I also have a keen interest in all types of patents and I have links with patent attorneys here in Australia and internationally. I previously taught in the Masters of Industrial Property at UTS Law Faculty. This is the qualification in Australia to become a trade mark and patent attorney. I have Masters of Law post-graduate degrees in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law. I am offering Not-For-Profit legal advice to children and adults with disabilities (and their carers), including document review and assistance with letter writing to obtain better services.

Experience Principal Solicitor Sweeny Legal

May 2012 – Present (6 months) Wollongong I commenced the Sweeny Legal law practice in 2012 and it is the only specialised intellectual property and commercial law practice located in Wollongong. Sweeny Legal is also a mobile solicitor service delivering legal services to the Wollongong, Illawarra and the Southern Highlands areas. I come to you wherever you are, at a business address, a gallery, at home, a café or public space. I have developed a suite of documents which can be tailored to individual, business and personal needs. I use the latest software and technology to deliver a cost effective legal service to you. I have fixed fees so that clients have certainty. A costs agreement will be issued to you for your signature before we commence any legal work.

Lawyer IMB Ltd Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry November 2008 – May 2012 (3 years 7 months) Wollongong

Lecturer Faculty of Law University of Technology, Sydney Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry 2004 – 2008 (4 years) Haymarket Campus I taught in the undergraduate LLB, the JD program and the post-graduate Masters of Industrial Property (the Trade Mark and Patent Attorney qualification in NSW). I supervised and marked LLB (Hons) and LLM thesis relating to my specialisation.

Lecturer Faculty of Law University of Wollongong Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry 1998 – 2003 (5 years) Wollongong Campus I taught in the undergraduate LLB degree and the LAW commerce and elective strands. I supervised and marked LLB (Hons) thesis relating to my specialisation.

Law Reference/Faculty Librarian University of Wollongong Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry January 1990 – December 2000 (11 years) Wollongong Law Reference/ Faculty Librarian • I was employed with another law librarian to construct the law library collection in readiness for the introduction of the new law degree combined courses offered by the University of Wollongong, Faculty of Law in 1990. • My responsibility was to recatalogue and reclassify the existing law collection which was classified in Dewey Decimal Classification and integrate, catalogue and classify all new law material purchased using the Moys class K legal classification scheme. • Providing a Law Reference Service for staff and students of the University, and the wider community. • Teaching Law research skills finding and updating legislation, case law and secondary law both print and electronic including researching legal databases such as AustLII, Lexis, AGIS, CCH, Butterworths. • Writing, developing and maintaining Law Library web pages. • Writing Law research handouts on a variety of law subjects. These were made available both in print and via the Law Library home web pages. • Writing WebCT Online Interactive teaching and research modules for LLB395 Legal Research & Writing for 1st year undergraduate students, LLB8395, LLB9395 Legal Research & Writing for International & Comparative law Postgraduate students and LEGL930 Legal Research & Writing for Transnational Crime postgraduate students. • Teaching legal research workshops. These workshops were made available to academics and law students both undergraduate and postgraduate. Some examples are Lexis, Butterworths Online, CCH Online, Lawlex, AustLii and Scaleplus • Teaching the law library component of LLB395 Legal Research & Writing to first year law students. • Teaching ILIP100, Introductory Literacy to all first year undergraduates. • Teaching and writing the Research Edge which is directed towards postgraduate students from all disciplines. • Rostered as Librarian-in-charge on evenings and weekends responsible for the total library service and support staff.

Barrister Director of Public Prosecutions

1997 – 1999 (2 years) Wollongong and Sydney Research Librarian University of Basel Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry 1986 – 1987 (1 year) Basel Area, Switzerland I provided reference and research to law students.

Researcher of Moys vs LC classification for University Law Collections Library of Congress Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Libraries industry 1986 – 1986 (less than a year) Washington This was an exchange for 8 months Reference and Research Librarian

The British Library Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Libraries industry 1985 – 1986 (1 year) Soho I worked as a research and reference librarian in arts and law. Loans and Reference Librarian

New York Public Library Nonprofit; 1001-5000 employees; Libraries industry 1983 – 1984 (1 year) Queens This was a scholarship exchange program Cataloguer, Phonographs and Choral Music Scores

Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1982 – 1982 (less than a year) Sydney Area, Australia This was an exchange for 6 months

Publications

• Sweeny, Tracy A. Legal method, research and reasoning and Consumer Credit in Terry, Andrew and Giugni, Des Business and the Law. 5th edition. Melbourne, Cengage Learning, 2009 • Sweeny, Tracy A. "Trade Marks v Dot.Com", UTS Law Online Commercial Law Publication 2006-07 (LSF Grant) • Sweeny, Tracy A. “Brand name bullies: Trade marks v culture”, UTS Online Commercial law Publication 2006-07 (LSF Grant) • Sweeny, Tracy A. Legal method, research and reasoning in Terry, Andrew and Giugni, Des Business and the law. 4th ed. Southbank, Vic, Thomson, 2005. Due for publication October 2005. • Sweeny, Tracy A. How do you protect traditional knowledge in the context of international trade? UNSW Law Faculty. Seminar presentation. September 2004. • Sweeny, Tracy A. Data encryption technology: cops and robbers in cyberspace. Opening law Making Links - Crossing Borders. 20th Annual Law and Society Conference Wollongong, Australia Law and Society Conference. 9 – 11 December 2002. • Sweeny, Tracy A. Consumer credit in Terry, Andrew and Giugni, Des Business society and the law. 3rd ed. Southbank, Vic, Thomson, 2003 • Sweeny, Tracy A. Legal method, research and reasoning in Terry, Andrew and Giugni, Des Business society and the law. 3rd ed. Southbank, Vic, Thomson, 2003 • Sweeny, Tracy A. LLB395 Legal Research and Writing Workbook. Wollongong, NSW: University of Wollongong Law Library, 2001 Peer Review Journal Articles for Colleagues  “The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge” University of New South Wales Law Journal “Dow Jones v Gutnick” Melbourne Journal of International law “The Effectiveness of academic Legal discourse: Indigenous Intellectual Property Debate or Debacle?” Melbourne University Law Review “Synchonizing the law and maps : a web based solution” UTS Law Review

Education University of Sydney Master of Laws (LLM), Commercial law & Intellectual Property 2005 – 2006

University of Technology, Sydney Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Law 1997 – 1998

University of Oxford Bachelor of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law 1993 – 1994

Activities and Societies: St Hilda's College University of Technology, Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Law 1989 – 1993

Activities and Societies: UTS Law Students Society University of New South Wales Diploma of Librarianship, Library and Information Science 1982 – 1983

University of Sydney Bachelor of Arts (BA), Arts 1977 – 1980

Activities and Societies: Humanist Society Kincoppel Rose Bay HSC

Marymount International School Rome Exchange for 11 months Grade: 4th Form

Activities and Societies: Riding Vespas to school. St Charles School Charing Cross Primary

St Clares College Waverley School Certificate

Activities and Societies: Attending the Friday night dances at "The Cellar" located at St Charles School Basement and run by the Franciscan Friars at Mary Immaculate Waverley.