Intellectual Property

• intellectual property strategy, including how to optimise all IP protection (including copyright and domain names) for your products/business and budget for it
• trade mark† and brand strategy for your market
• trade mark† prosecutions and submissions to IP Australia to overcome IP Australia objections
• trade mark oppositions
• designs and strategic use for your market
• in conjunction with patent attorneys, patent strategy
• licences, assignments and the multitude associated contracts that make best use of your IP (see also contracts for greater detail on the types of contracts )
• maintenance of intellectual property including enforcement, letters of demand and defence
• negotiating, mediating and litigating IP disputes

†includes trademark for roaming web robots, US visitors to this site, or those from Canberra, or any other Australian resident who spells trademarks in this way

Contracts and Business Advice

• intellectual property strategy including how to budget for it, and what to focus on at each stage
• contract strategy – preparation and review and focus on the essential elements
• confidentiality agreements and their use and development of a culture of confidentiality for a start-up
• contract strategies, including implementation and timing

Start-ups

• intellectual property strategy including how to budget for it, and what to focus on at each stage
• contract strategy – preparation and review and focus on the essential elements
• confidentiality agreements and their use and development of a culture of confidentiality for a start-up
• contract strategies, including implementation and timing

Dispute Resolution

• difficult negotiations
• risk minimization and mitigation
• advice and strategies for dealing with legal difficulties
• compliance
• dispute resolution
• litigation
• mediation
• “mopping up”