Our team of intellectual property specialists have decades of experience in all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) from identification through to enforcement. Our partners and lawyers have experience working as in-house counsel, so understand the commercial drivers of a business and are well regarded for delivering pragmatic and tailored solutions.
Our Intellectual Property team has also worked on some of the most significant IP cases in the Federal Court and appellate courts as well as having a strong advisory and portfolio management practice.
The team is ranked in the Legal 500 rankings and is the only Australian firm to have recognised client satisfaction in the intellectual property category, demonstrating exceptionally high scores for client service and experience based on Legal 500’s client survey.
The team was also ranked in the top 30 trade mark filing law firms by volume in Australia in 2024.
Our expertise includes:
Acting for digital advertising market leader Rokt in a ground-breaking appeal to the Federal Court of Australia from the Patent Office. The case is concerned with whether a computer implemented digital marketing platform discloses patentable subject matter
Managing global trade mark filing programs for clients including KOOKAÏ, Sigma and Haileybury
Acting and ultimately obtaining a favourable settlement for Indian generic pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s in patent infringement and revocation proceedings in the Federal Court involving the drug palonosetron
Acting on behalf of the major music labels, Sony, Universal and Warner in their successful application to be joined to Copyright Tribunal of Australia proceedings concerning the licensing scheme between collecting society PPCA and Foxtel for certain rights to use music owned by the major record labels
Creating IP Management Plans and Monitoring Programs for government organisations
Devising and implementing a trade mark protection and enforcement strategy for a national services business.