Intellectual Property

The following are some examples of our current or recent assignments.

• Acting for Australian developer of cutting edge DVD and software products to establish international joint venture and commercialisation arrangements.
• Acted for US conglomerate in the acquisition of Australian IP assets including negotiating and documenting the transaction and advising on taxation issues.
• Acting for foreign owner of leading edge analysis software in the field of oil and gas exploration and negotiating contracts with multi-national oil and gas companies for the provision of services, protection of intellectual property and preservation of confidentiality.
• Acting for Australian owner of innovative technology in the field of sports, negotiated and documented licences in the US, EC, Middle East, Asia and Australia.
• Acting for Australian owner of software relevant to the automotive industry, negotiating licensing to international auto manufacturers.
• Acting for Australian racing industry manufacturer on the sale of products in the US, EC, Asia and Middle East including protection of intellectual property assets.
• Advising and acting for winemakers on international distribution and branding programs, including obtaining trade mark and domain name registrations in the US, EC, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and other countries.
• Acted for US record company in defence of a copyright infringement action brought against it in Australia.
• Acting for Australian copyright owner in an infringement action against an overseas company.
• Advising Australian company on trademark infringement and cyber squatting by the holder of a US registered domain name.
• Acted for US company on obtaining Australian Trade Marks and advised on infringement actions.
• Acted for Australian company in the airconditioning industry to negotiate and document a licence of its intellectual property to Indian manfuacturer.
• Advised US company on Australia registered designs.
• Acting for Australian patent owner regarding alleged infringement of EU and other patents.
• On behalf on an Australian corporation, negotiated the contract for the design, development and implementation of new enterprise wide software product from a US supplier.

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