Our expert Intellectual Property team works with clients to take early and effective action to protect the engine room of their business before issues arise.

We advise a wide range of clients on intellectual property issues including companies in the animation, new media, information technology, construction, wine, clothing, advertising, publishing and finance sectors.

Because intellectual property is an area that is highly complex and subject to constant change, members of our team are specialists with many years’ experience.  We are highly experienced in viewing all matters from multiple perspectives, leading to the design and implementation of creative and innovative solutions.

With business becoming increasingly global, we have forged relationships with specialist law and patent attorney firms both in Australia and overseas so that we can protect our clients’ intellectual property wherever and whenever the need arises.

Effective dispute resolution strategies followed up by litigation if necessary is an important part of protecting your intellectual property.  We adapt ourselves to suit our clients requirements and their business strategies.

We provide comprehensive intellectual property advice that is designed to protect our clients.  

Areas of experience include:

• development, protection and management of brand

• domain names

• design licensing and enforcement

• patent licensing and enforcement

• licensing

• copyright

• trade marks

• trade practices

• agreements

• litigation for enforcement and defence

• intellectual asset management plans

Examples of our expertise include:  

• managing established trade marks practice for Australian Radio Network Pty Ltd including advice in relation to trade mark opposition proceedings; licensing website content and software; preparing moral rights consents and ongoing advice on trade practices and passing off issues 

• Advising Flying Bark Productions Pty Limited, a film animator and games producer famous for animating Blinky Bill in relation to the acquisition of intellectual property, licensing its intellectual property, enforcing its registered rights, in particular in regards to the prevention of the production and distribution of counterfeit products.  We also manage its trade marks portfolio both in Australia and internationally

• Advising Jets Swimwear Pty Ltd on strategies to protect its swimwear designs using the registered designs and patents systems and enforcing Jets registered rights against competitors who copy Jets garments, as well as protecting their brand worldwide

• Advising Ksubi Pty Ltd on its rights in relation to a fashion wholesaler selling and distributing garments that infringed the clients registered trade marks and also amounted to contraventions of the Trade Practices Act, Fair Trading Act and the tort of passing off