Rate My Professor Tyrone Berger

Dr Tyrone Berger is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University. He earned his PhD from Monash Law School in 2019, receiving the Mollie Holman Medal for the best PhD thesis in Law. Berger also holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Technology Sydney awarded in 2008, a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney in 2002, and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law in 2008. Prior to his current role, he worked as a policy officer in the Domestic Policy and Legislation section at IP Australia, the national intellectual property office, advising on emerging IP matters, developing changes to legislation, and representing the agency locally and internationally. Before that, he practiced as a lawyer and trade marks attorney for a national law firm. At Monash, Berger serves as Co-Convenor of the Law Honours Program, a member of the Academic Progress Committee, an Executive Committee member of the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, and a member of the Digital Law Group.

Berger's research specializations include intellectual property law, IP and sustainability, IP offices, and technical standards, with current work evaluating barriers to sustainability in IP law during the transition to a circular economy. He authored Australian Design Law and Practice (Thomson Reuters, 2023), the first dedicated book on Australian design law in more than 20 years. Other key publications are 'Sustainable designs for consumers: a role for design law' and 'SDG12 and sustainable designs' (both with Leanne Wiseman, 2024), 'Complex regimes – regulatory overlap in Australia’s cloud services sector' (with Sarah Lloyd-Jones and Kayleen Manwaring, 2025), 'The design law treaty: much ado about nothing?' (2025), and a forthcoming chapter 'Sustainable designs' in Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability (Edward Elgar, 2026). Earlier contributions include 'Compulsory licensing of patents in Australia: Reforming the landscape or fencing us in?' (Monash University Law Review, 2014) and 'Copyright in Standards: Open or Shut Case' (2011). He has presented his research at local and international legal conferences. Berger's honors include the Inaugural Australian Intellectual Property Journal Essay Competition winner in 2012 and an Australia Day Medal from IP Australia in 2018 for stakeholder engagement. He teaches units such as Patents and Trade Marks, Trade Mark Practice, Principles of Public Law and Statutory Interpretation, and Intellectual Property and Climate Change.