Rick Shera 💉💉💉 Profile picture
Digital biz & internet lawyer. IT, IP, privacy, cybersecurity. Partner, Lowndes Jordan. Former Chair, Netsafe. Director, Ara Ake Limited
Nov 27, 2019 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Thread: If we want more diverse company governance, we should change the rules that require director and individual shareholder residential addresses to be published to the world. In these days of doxing, stalking and increasing hate and harassment, there are real dangers here Currently, section 12 of the Companies Act mandates that director (and shareholder) residential addresses must be supplied to the Companies Office for inclusion in the Register of Companies when applying for incorporation
Jul 24, 2019 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
The danger of false intellectual property infringement accusation - a thread:

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) recently provided more detail on its “Building Respect for Intellectual Property” (BRIP) Database Project wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/en… The BRIP database will list websites that “Authorized Contributors” from WIPO member states *allege* to be infringing #copyright and other IP rights.