Chua, Rachel
Senior Executive Lawyer
Rachel has over 25 years’ experience in intellectual property (IP), technology and commercial law, and has been a senior and strategic advisor to Commonwealth agencies on significant and high profile matters in these areas. She is a leader of AGS’s Technology and IP Network and of AGS’s Technology and National Security practice.
Rachel assists agencies to manage complex legal issues in respect of IP and related rights, ICT, technology, ecommerce, social media, data sharing and information management and emerging technologies, including AI. She advises on the protection, management, licensing and enforcement of IP, including copyright, Crown copyright, moral rights, trade marks, domain names, patents, confidential information and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) and has prepared Commonwealth guidance on online legal issues.
Rachel has particular experience in Commonwealth IP management, having assisted many Commonwealth agencies with their IP reviews, policies and guidelines. She has wide expertise in drafting and advising on complex Commonwealth contracting arrangements. Rachel has advised on strategic branding protection and management in Australia and overseas in respect of various high profile Commonwealth initiatives, including Commonwealth certification trade mark schemes, and has acted for agencies in successful trade mark opposition proceedings.
She has been involved in IP reform processes involving interdepartmental consultations on Commonwealth IP reforms including those relating to copyright access and AI, which follow various reviews and recommendations in these areas.
Rachel has written extensively on IP and technology issues for AGS publications. She has been a key organiser of, and contributor to, AGS’s Intellectual Property Forum for many years. Rachel has also been an examiner for the undergraduate IP course at the Australian National University.
Rachel has degrees in Science and Law from the Australian National University and a Master of Laws (Intellectual Property and Technology Law) from the University of Melbourne. She is a registered trade mark attorney.