Intellectual property
Our national Intellectual Property practice incorporates a specialised and experienced full service team of experts. We provide an unbroken line of service, covering protection, commercialisation, defence and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Rated as Highly Recommended by Managing Intellectual Property in an independent survey of law firms, our intellectual property practice is an established force in the Australian IP scene.
We can draw on the experience of our trade mark attorneys, commercial and litigation intellectual property lawyers, and lawyers in other practice areas, to provide a comprehensive and cost-effective service.
We provide legal services to many leading national and international businesses, using our network of overseas offices, and our extensive relationships with specialist IP firms around the globe.
We have extensive industry expertise in biotechnology, textiles, clothing and footwear, IT, franchising, retail, publishing, insurance, government, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.
We have been at the forefront of the commercialisation of intellectual property through mergers and acquisitions, licensing and franchising, having represented numerous international companies in their international expansion throughout Asia Pacific.
Our services include:
- trade marks
- copyright
- trade dress/get-up
- designs
- patents
- commercialising/licensing
- competition law and intellectual property issues
- trade practices, including passing off
- confidential information
- trade and product promotions
- intellectual property audits
- domain name, website, and other on-line intellectual property issues
- information technology
- global compliance programs
- litigation and enforcement
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