• Trade mark applications in Australia and internationally
• Advising on examination reports & provisional refusals for trade mark applications
• Trade mark clearance / availability searching
• Advising on brand naming projects for creative/marketing/digital agencies
• Preparing trade mark evidence of use
• Managing trade mark oppositions and non-use removal actions
• Negotiating trade mark co-existence agreements
• Renewal of trade mark registrations
• Management of trade mark portfolios
• Trade mark ownership assignments and licensing
• Trade mark infringement disputes & litigation

• Drafting and responding to cease and desist letters
• Advising on trade mark, copyright, design and patent infringement claims
• Negotiating settlements to IP infringement claims and drafting settlement agreements
• Managing IP litigation in the Federal Court of Australia or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
• Domain name disputes – managing UDRP and auDRP domain name recovery complaints, and preparing domain name registrar eligibility complaints
• Managing trade mark oppositions and non-use removal disputes in Australia and internationally

• Drafting and negotiating IP licence agreements, and other commercial agreements with an IP licensing element
• Internal IP assignment and licensing agreements for companies within the same corporate structure
• Advice on best practice for commercialising IP and maximising value
• Incorporation of IP holding entities with ASIC

• Design applications in Australia and internationally
• Advising on objections issued against registration of design applications
• Transferring ownership of copyright/designs/patents
• Patent ownership, licensing and infringement advice
• Copyright ownership, licensing and infringement advice
• Design ownership, licensing and infringement advice
• Registration of Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBRs)
• IP portfolio management & audits

• Preparing complaints for seeking transfer of domain name ownership under .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP) and Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
• Preparing responses to auDRP and UDRP complaints for domain name holders
• Drafting domain name eligibility complaints (complaint to domain name registrar about domain name holder not meeting eligibility requirements to hold domain name)
• Advising on prospects of success for auDRP / UDRP claims and domain name eligibility complaints

• Services / supply agreements
• Terms of use agreements for websites, online platforms and software applications
• Website terms of use
• Privacy policies
• Influencer and marketing agreements
• Contractor agreements
• Distribution agreements
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Music industry agreements
• General business agreements

• Filing trade mark applications for international businesses in Australia and New Zealand
• Advising on examination reports and provisional refusals issued against Australian and New Zealand trade mark applications
• IP office local representative appointments for Australia and New Zealand
• Trade mark clearance / availability searching for Australia and New Zealand
• Managing trade mark oppositions and non-use removal actions in Australia and New Zealand
• Design applications in Australia and New Zealand
• Advising on IP infringement risks and issues

If your matter requires expertise beyond our core areas of practice, or the involvement of foreign IP specialists, we can still help. We have an established network of lawyers in other fields and jurisdictions which we can rely on to assemble the best team for the task.