More About Jules Munro
Jules is the President of Music New South Wales, a non-profit association set up to represent, promote and develop the contemporary music industry in New South Wales, Australia. (See the website www.musicnsw.com).
He is also an active volunteer lawyer with the Arts Law Centre of Australia, where he provides free legal advice to the members of the Centre in relation to the arts and entertainment industries.
He regularly gives addresses to various bodies on music industry matters, both as a keynote speaker and as a panel member.
He is a guest lecturer in Entertainment Law at the Southern Cross University.
Jules is a member of the Copyright Society of Australia and a member of the Australasian Performing Right Association.
September 2002 - Present
Senior Solicitor, Simpsons Solicitors, Sydney Australia.
Focusing in intellectual property and advising a wide range
of clients in the media, technology and entertainment
industries (film, music, radio) including producers, musicians,
music publishing companies, artists and celebrities,
multimedia/web developers and content providers, and
record companies. Simpsons Solicitors is ranked in the
top three firms in the area of Entertainment Law.
March 2000 - August 2002
Associate, Chris Hocquard Associates, Auckland, New Zealand.
Chris Hocquard Associates is New Zealand's leading entertainment
law firm. It caters for the needs of corporate and individual
clients in the fields of music, television, film, advertising,
trademarks, franchising, commercial law and intellectual
property law generally.
May 1997 - February 2000
Solicitor, Treadwell Stacey Smith, Barrister and Solicitors,
Wellington, New Zealand. Treadwell Stacey Smith is one of New
Zealand's oldest law firms, established in 1840. It has a
vigorous commercial law and litigation practice in New Zealand's
capital city. While working as a solicitor there, Jules
developed his interest in intellectual property, commercial
law, and litigation.
Papers and Speeches
Brand Integration In On-Line Video Games - delivered at a LESANZ seminar Virtual Property - IP in Online Gaming, July 2006.
The Substantial Reproduction (By the Authors of Phenomenally Successful Pot Boilers...) of Literary Works - delivered at the College of Law Entertainment Law Update Seminar (March 2006)