We have significant expertise in protecting, enforcing, exploiting and commercialising intellectual property, stemming from our team’s longstanding experience servicing clients both nationally and globally.
Our client base is diverse, operating in a range of industries, and includes recognised household name brands. The team’s key strengths cover all the essentials, including:
- Protection: strategic asset protection and liability mitigation advice, including structuring advice and tax components in consultation with appropriate experts.
- Prosecution: intellectual property infringement (and related claim) advice in both enforcement and defensive capacities, including all stages of litigation and dispute resolution.
- Trade marks: intellectual property portfolio management, registration and management of trade marks, business names and domain names.
- Due diligence: audits and assessments to identify assets and underlying ownership and usage rights, due diligence and assistance with preparation for and execution of major national and multi-national transactions.
- Regulatory compliance: regulatory procedural assistance, compliance advice, and advocacy work in respect of IP Australia processes as well as other advertising, consumer, and industry-specific regulators including the ACCC, ACMA, and the ASB.
- Commercialisation: assisting our clients to commercialise their IP assets effectively and efficiently through all stages of the commercial life cycle, including everything from bespoke, complex commercial contracting and negotiation assistance to R&D and advertising/labelling compliance advice.
Understanding the reputational risks associated with brand infringement actions, we work closely with our clients to achieve commercially favourable outcomes.