Education:

• Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD), Stanford Law School; 2004.
• Master of the Science of Law (JSM), Stanford Law School; 2001.
• Master of Law (LLM), Clare Hall, University of Cambridge; 1996.
• Bachelor of Law (LLB), University of London; 1995.

Areas of Legal Expertise:

• Cyberspace Law
• Intellectual Property
• Law and Economics
• Property Law
  
  

other affiliations and certifications :

• Legal Project Lead, Creative Commons Malaysia 2006-
• Member, Oxford and Cambridge Society, Malaysia, 2004-
• Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society, 1995-
  
  

Publications:

• The Social Contract and Authorship: Allocating Entitlements in the Copyright System, 19 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 413 (2009).
• Authors and Readers: Conceptualizing Authorship in Copyright Law, 30 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 377 (2008).
• Copyright's Empire: Why the Law Matters, 11 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 337 (2007)
• Malaysia: On the Road to the Information Age with Vincent Lowe (Asian Media Information and Communication Center and School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1999)
  
  

Professional experience:

• Assistant Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law (August 2007-present)
• Senior Executive, Multimedia Development Corporation, Cyberjaya, Malaysia (August 2004-June 2007)
• Research Assistant to Professors Deborah Rhode and Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School (May 2003-September 2003)
• Senior Executive, Multimedia Development Corporation, Cyberjaya, Malaysia (June 1997- September 2000)
• Tax Assistant, Arthur Andersen, Kuala Lunpur, Malaysia (June 1997-September 2000)
  
  

Thesis and dissertation:

• Commercializing Motion Pictures and Sound Recording through the Internet: Copyright Law and Technological Change (on file with Stanford Robert Crown Law Library and Stanford University Library Special Collections and University Archives, 3781 2004 N)
• The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights, Competition and Technology Transfer in the Software Industry (on file with Stanford Robert Crown Law Library, 3781 2001 N)
  
  

works in progress:

• Authorial Rights in Literary and Artistic Works
• Access and Progress: Copyright and the Commercialization of Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures (revised of JSD dissertation for publication)
• Federal Preemption of State Law Relating to Words of Authorship
• Property Rights, Economic Incentives and Access to Information
• Social Norms and Creativity during the Renaissance Period
• Transformative Uses as the Optimal Balance Between Rights and Access
• The Ethics of Authorship