Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Dr A. Vijayalakshmi Venugopal


ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
(Role),(Level),(Duration)
  • Head of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Business & Law, Taylor's University, 01/09/2024 to present
  • Environmental, Health and Safety Committee Member, Taylor's University, 01/03/2017 to present
  • Senior Lecturer I, Faculty of Business & Law, 08/08/2016 to present
  • Deputy Director for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Impact Lab, Taylor's University, 01/01/2024 to 01/09/2024
  • Programme Director of PhD in Law, School of Law and Governance, Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor's University, 01/09/2022 to 01/09/2024
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Institution)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Laws), UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA, Malaysia
  • Master of Laws, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia
  • Masters in Educational Psychology, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Laws, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, United Kingdom
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(Area)
  • Intellectual Property
  • Commercial Law (Law of the WTO; International Sales Contracts)
  • Legal Research Methods
PUBLICATIONS
(Title of publication in APA style)
Book
2024
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2024). Intellectual Property Law - Copyright. CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
2014
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2014). Casebook on contempt of court in Malaysia, Thomson Reuters Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2014). Contempt of court in Malaysia, Thomson Reuters Sdn Bhd.
     
2001
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2001). Introduction to law in Malaysia & Pengenalan Kepada Undang-Undang di Malaysia, Sweet & Maxwell Asia.
     
Book Chapter
2025
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2025). Liability for Animals. In A.A.A. Mohamed, M.H. Ahmad, A. Masum and G. Lilienthal (Eds.), Law of torts in Malaysia (pp. 575-588). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2025). Interference with Contracts or Trade. In A.A.A. Mohamed, M.H. Ahmad, A. Masum and G. Lilienthal (Eds.), Law of torts in Malaysia (pp. 441-484). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Mohamed, A.A.A, Venugopal, A.V., Daud, M., Ahmad, M.H. and Amirnuddin, P.S. (2025). Technology and Legal Profession. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Legal profession in Malaysia: practice and ethics (pp. 745-774). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2025). Legal Firms in Malaysia and Regulatory Compliance. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Legal profession in Malaysia: practice and ethics (pp. 627-711). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2025). Contempt of Court. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Legal profession in Malaysia: practice and ethics (pp. 431-474). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2025). Lawyers’ Duties to Preserve and Protect the Profession. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Legal profession in Malaysia: practice and ethics (pp. 191-202). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
  • Mohamed, A.A.A., Venugopal, A.V. & Ahmad, M.H. (2025). Construction law. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Business and commercial law in Malaysia (pp. 651-688). LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Mohamed, A.A.A., Venugopal, A.V., Ahmad, M.H. & Ramalingam, C.L. (2025). Essentials of company law. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Business and commercial law in Malaysia (pp. 157-206). LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2025). Franchise law. In A.A.A. Mohamed and M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Business and commercial law in Malaysia (pp. 245-339). LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
2024
  • Venygopal, A.V. (2024). Undue influence. In A.A.A. Mohamed & M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Contract law in Malaysia (pp. 163-188). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
  • Ismail, F.S.M. & Venygopal, A.V. (2024). Coercion. In A.A.A. Mohamed & M.H. Ahmad (Eds.), Contract law in Malaysia (pp. 145-162). CLJ Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
     
2021
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2021). Malaysia’s involvement in international business dispute resolution in L. Nottage, S. Ali, B. Jetin & N. Teramura (Eds.), New frontiers in Asia-Pacific international arbitration and dispute resolution, (pp. 211-235). Netherlands: Kluwer Law International B.V.
     
Article in Journals
2023
  • Ong, E.H., Tan, J.H., Tan, K.L.K. and Venugopal, A.V. (2023). The Trademarks Act 2019: the marking of a new era for trademark laws? 1 MLJ lxxi-xciii.
     
2022
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2022). Human Capital Principles Underlying the Legal Protection of Trade Secrets as Intellectual Property, International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management. 22(3/4), 197-222. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
2021
  • Rafique, R.B., Venugopal, A.V. (2021). Preventive Measures to Mitigate the Risk of Fraud in Letters of Credit Transactions in Malaysia, UUM Journal of Legal Studies. 12(1), 27-49. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
  • Nia, H.S., Kaur, H., Fomani, F.K. , Rahmatpour, P. , Kaveh, O., Pahlevansharif, S., Venugopal, A.V., Hosseini, L. (2021). Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) among General Iranian Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 1-10. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
2020
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2020). Copyright concerns of digital images in social media, Journal of World Intellectual Property. 23, 579-597. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
2018
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2018). Inadvertent disclosures of inventions in social media affecting patent rights, Computers & Security. 72, 136-144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2017.09.007. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
2013
  • Venugopal, A.V., Hassan, K.H. (2013). Judicial approaches in balancing freedom of speech and contempt of court in Malaysia, Research Journal of Applied Sciences. 8, 456-460. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
2012
  • Hassan, K.H., Venugopal, V., Jamal, J. (2012). Contempt of court in the Syari’ah Courts, Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities. 20(S), 23-33. (SCOPUS-Indexed)
     
  • Venugopal, A.V., Hassan, K.H. (2012). The law of contempt of court in Malaysia: considering Reforms, Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences. 6(8), 1451-1464.
     
2011
  • Venugopal, A.V., Hassan, K.H. (2011). The anomaly of contempt in the face of the court record, UUM Journal of Legal Studies. 2, 65-77.
     
2002
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2002). The controversial contribution of equity to land law in Peninsular Malaysia, INSAF. 31(1), 156-210.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2002). The Effects of Exclusion Clauses (Part 1), Current Law Journal. 3, xiii-lii.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2002). The Effects of Exclusion Clauses (Part 2), Current Law Journal. 3, liii-xcii.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2002). Assignments in Insurance Law, Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law. 29, 19-65.
     
2001
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2001). Legal profession, Survey of Malaysian Law. 2001, 167-226.
     
  • Venugopal, A.V. (2001). The carrier’s duties Regarding the vessel and voyage under the Hague Rules, Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg Rules, Malayan Law Journal. 4, xci-clx.
     
SUPERVISION
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Academic Level),(Role)
COMPLETED
  • MANAGING THE RISK OF FRAUD IN LETTER OF CREDIT TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE LAWS OF MALAYSIA AND BANGLADESH: WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE UCP 600 AND THE FRAUD RULE, RUSHMILA BINTAY RAFIQUE  (Main Supervisor)
  • EVALUATING THE ROLE, IMPACT AND CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN MALAYSIA., JOSEPHINE BHAVANI A/P RAJENDRA  (Co-supervisor (Internal))
ONGOING
  • KOH KER XUAN  (Main Supervisor)
  • TAMADHER HILAL HAMED AL MASKARI  (Main Supervisor)
  • ONG TUN HEANG  (Main Supervisor)
  • POH CHEE SENG  (Main Supervisor)
  • LI CHENGJIN  (Main Supervisor)
  • KUNG QUE SENG  (Co-supervisor (Internal))
COURSE ATTENDED
(Course Title),(Course Mode),(Date/Duration),(Level)
  • THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL SEARCH CONFERENCE 2017, Research, 18/05/2017 to 19/05/2017
  • Maximizing Learning through Collaborative Classroom (X-Space), Research, 12/05/2017 to 12/05/2017
  • Flourishing Your Publication in Law (TLS only), Research, 03/05/2017 to 03/05/2017
  • TGS7031 Research Supervisory Practices, Research, 12/04/2017 to 03/05/2017
  • Mendeley Software Training (TLS only), Research, 22/03/2017 to 22/03/2017
  • [IP/UTLP]Student Transition and Success, Research, 08/03/2017 to 08/03/2017
  • Research & Publication for Legal Academicians (TLS only), Research, 03/03/2017 to 03/03/2017
  • [IP/UTLP]Research Engagement @ Taylor's, Research, 28/02/2017 to 28/02/2017
  • How to use PowToon (Animated Videos) (TLS only), Research, 28/02/2017 to 28/02/2017
  • [IP/UTLP]Taylor's Teaching and Learning Framework, Research, 23/02/2017 to 23/02/2017
  • [IP/UTLP]TEG & University Induction (Online), Research, 13/02/2017 to 13/02/2017