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Intellectual Property
General Intellectual Property
We work with you to identify, develop, manage and implement IP protection and enforcement strategies to leverage your IP assets and ensure you have the necessary registrations in place. We are available as a one-stop-shop for reliable advice on all your IP issues around the world.
We specialise in IP portfolio management, including creation, exploitation and protection of all types of IP, including trade marks, patents, copyright, designs, database rights, trade secrets and know-how.
Trade Marks
In recognition of your valuable brand portfolio, we offer innovative, commercially focused and practical advice to help you protect and manage your trade mark portfolio. This includes trade mark application drafting, trade mark application prosecution and registration of trade marks in Australia or overseas. We also manage your trade mark portfolio on an ongoing basis, keeping track of relevant dates, such as renewals. We have experience in managing large global trade mark portfolios and also act for IP attorneys and law firms based overseas, assisting in the protection of their clients' rights in Australia.
Our trade mark services include:
- filing and prosecuting trade mark applications.
- assignments and licensing.
- searching and watching services.
- infringement, enforcement and validity advice.
- portfolio management, strategy and usage advice.
- renewals.
- due diligence.
- dispute resolution.
- commercialisation advice and assistance.
Domain Names
We provide a comprehensive range of domain name services from searching, registration, enforcement, dispute resolution, portfolio management and renewals, through to licensing and domain name strategy advice. We have experience in dealing with cybersquatters and typosquatters and we recognise that an effective domain name programme can help mitigate the chance of domain name piracy.
Copyright
We assist businesses in protecting their copyright. Our experience includes the enforcement of copyright works of fashion designs, databases, literary and artistic works. We also advise on the implementation of copyright assignments and licences.
Commercialisation of Intellectual Property
We are experienced in structuring, drafting and negotiating IP transactions and advising on the forms of IP agreements which help to maximise value in IP, including collaboration, development, commercialisation, joint venture and distribution and supply agreements. We provide exploitation advice, licensing and deal support on IP aspects of corporate and finance transactions. We also draft effective assignments of IP rights to ensure they are properly transferred in contexts such as sales of business, joint ventures and corporate restructures.
Our services include carrying out due diligence investigations, negotiating and drafting intellectual property aspects of transactional documents, management of employees and independent contractors via confidentiality agreements and IP procedures, IP assignments, restraints of trade and IP audits.
Disputes
We have experience in a range of IP disputes, including confidential information and trade secrets, passing off, domain names and cybersquatting disputes. This includes advice on validity and enforceability of third-party rights and basic contentious IP work, such as resolving disputes with competitors and enforcing rights against infringers. We take a robust approach in response to IP disputes.