deFrost talk series #12 set to discuss latest law developments for creative industry practitioners with Adam Simpson at 6pm, May 9 in Surry Hills

Intellectual property is a critical and often vexing issue for anyone with a business or personal interest in a diverse range industries, including the cultural sector, advertising, creative and entertainment industries. Adam Simpson (left) leads the team at Simpsons Solicitors, one of Australia’s leading intellectual property law firms and will give a talk on the latest global developments in the field at the next free event in the deFrost* lecture series deFrost* #12 at 6pm on Thursday 9 May at Frost’s Surry Hills warehouse studio in Sydney.

To request a seat at the event, send an email to defrost@frostdesign.com.au, with your name and contact details by Friday 3 May. Numbers are strictly limited.

Curated by Vince Frost, CEO and executive creative director of globally famed design studio, Frost*, the series of talks feature speakers drawn from his broad network of leading local and international industry thinkers and achievers.

At deFrost* #12, Simpson will lead an interactive discussion about the often difficult, but always interesting areas of copyright and trade practices law and how this impacts those in the creative industries. Much of his work involves fluid fields of law with challenging philosophical, political, economic and social dimensions, which he will draw on for the event.

Simpson’s firm acts for a wide range of clients in the creative and cultural sectors, from galleries and museums to advertising and design studios, multinational record companies, publishers and games developers, to individual practitioners. Simpson has been involved in some of Australia’s highest profile and most controversial entertainment industry cases, including the Holly Valance, Ice TV, Timbaland and ‘Kookaburra Sits on the Old Gum Tree’ cases.

Says Frost: “As creative practitioners, intellectual property and copyright law issues are always important, whether you are a student or lead a multi-national agency. I think anyone operating at any level in art, design or commercial creativity will be able to take away something important from Adam’s talk. He is one of Australia’s leading specialists in this complex and ever-evolving area of law and we’re fortunate that he’s willing to share some of that expertise for this event.”

The deFrost* lecture series is aimed at stimulating creative thinking across the wider business and creative communities and is a forum for thought leadership under the broad umbrella of this field. The free events offer the opportunity to hear inspiring insights and participate in stimulating debate, in an intimate setting of just 50 guests.