We offer our clientele assistance and advice in relation to Intellectual Property protection. Our clientele covers a diverse range stretching from individuals to large multinational organisations in Australia and overseas.

Senior staff are conversant with pertinent technology, have strong legal analysis skills and real world experience to provide them with the relevant expertise to assist your ideas and Intellectual Property.

Our Attorneys also have the global strategic experience to guide you through to a successful outcome through their local and foreign contacts.

We offer a wide range of services relating to Intellectual Property. However, if we are not able to assist you with a specific matter, we will be upfront about it and provide you with a recommendation for a suitable third party.

Patents

Direct representation before the Patent Offices of Australia and New Zealand. Affiliated office in Singapore.

Areas of expertise: Primarily Chemical, Biochemistry, Physics, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Computer Engineering

• Novelty and patentability of clients’ technology
• Preparation and Prosecution of patent applications throughout the world
• Prosecution and defence of oppositions and appeals.
• Cancellation proceedings.
• Advise on searches and on patentability, validity and infringement of patents.
• Maintenance of a watching service on patents.
• Subject matter, novelty and infringement searches. Owner name patent searches.
• Assistance in drafting, negotiation and/or review of licensing and joint venture agreements and other technology transfer.
• Assistance in litigation procedures in relation to infringements and validity issues.
• Conduct of international patent applications through the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland and overview of Associates in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications internationally.
  
  

Trade Marks

Direct representation before the Patent Offices of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Affiliated office in Singapore.

• Preparation and Prosecution of trade mark applications throughout the world
• Prosecution and defence of oppositions and appeals.
• Cancellation proceedings.
• Brand name selection.
• Searching services, including availability, identical and owner name trade mark searches worldwide. Searches in specific classes (ie types of goods and/or services).
• Advice on registrability and infringement of trade marks.
• Maintenance of a watching service on trade marks.
• Assistance in drafting, negotiation and/or review of licensing and joint venture agreements and assignments.
• Assistance in litigation procedures in relation to infringements and unfair competition.
• Instruction of international Associates in the filing and prosecution of trade mark applications and litigation.
• Management and renewal of trade mark portfolio.
• Company searches.
• International joint ventures
  
  

Designs

Direct representation before the Patent Offices of Australia and New Zealand.
Affiliated office in Singapore.

• Preparation and Prosecution of design applications throughout the world
• Prosecution and defence of oppositions and appeals.
• Cancellation proceedings.
• Advise on searches and on validity and infringement of designs.
• Assistance in drafting, negotiation and/or review of licensing and joint venture agreements and other technology transfer mechanisms
• Assistance in litigation procedures in relation to infringements and validity issues.
• Instruction of international Associates in the filing and prosecution of design applications and litigation.
  
  

Domain Names

• Registration and maintenance services for domain names both in Australia and abroad, including TLDs.
• Advise on searches and on validity and infringement of domain names and their inter-relationship with trade marks.
• Maintenance of watching service on domain names
• Assistance in drafting, negotiation and/or review of licensing and joint venture agreements and assignments
• Assistance in litigation procedures in relation to infringements and unfair competition.
• Instruction of international Associates in relation to domain name issues, including litigation and dispute resolution procedures (ADR).
  
  

• Advise regarding preparation of agreements relating to trade secrets and associates know-how.
• Assistance in negotiating and protection of trade secrets
  
  

Licensing and Commercialisation

• Assistance in locating venture capital partners and studying funding options.
• Assistance in negotiating, drafting and enforcement of licensing know-how and joint venture agreements regarding technology transfer.
  
  

• Corporate patent and technology development strategy for start-up companies.
• Brand selection.
• Marketing policies including the use of trade mark and copyright protection.
• Advise on use of IP rights.
  
  

• Advise on anti-counterfeiting issues.
• Assistance with customs watch applications and customs enforcement work
  
  

IP due Diligence and Portfolio Management

• Counselling and opinions on IP rights of our clients as well as those of others.
• Due diligence on existing rights to provide cost-effective solutions and broader protection.
  
  

• Advise on infringement of patents, trade marks, designs and domain names.
• Conduct of infringement searches.
• Assistance in litigation procedures in relation to infringements.
• Instruction of international Associates in infringement matters overseas.
• Advise on use of Intellectual Property rights to avoid infringement by yourself or by third parties.