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Our lawyers advise Australian and international businesses on trade mark and branding strategies and protection, locally and internationally.
Our expertise includes:
- Brand clearance work for advertising and promotional campaigns and advising on branding strategies in both Australia and overseas
- Trade mark registration, filing and prosecution of trade marks in Australia and overseas
- Monitoring trade mark watching services in Australia and internationally
- Advising on trade mark infringement and passing off matters
- Trade mark portfolio management including streamlining trade mark registrations
- Trade mark renewals – in addition to renewing Australian registrations, we also have a well-established network of associates to assist with renewals in overseas jurisdictions
- Trade mark portfolio reviews – Annual reviews to ensure that our client's portfolios remain strategically relevant in light of anticipated business objectives
- Drafting evidence of use in support of trade mark applications where applications have been refused and in support of and defending opposition matters
- Preparing submissions in support of trade mark applications and oppositions
- Advising on and applying for certification trade marks in Australia
- Providing advice on actions to recover domain names
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Our relevant experience includes:
- Acting for a well-known Australian wine manufacturer regarding a strategy for protecting wine labels internationally where a competitor had registered a similar trade mark in certain countries
- Acting for a WA based producer of food products defending oppositions to its trade marks
- Representing client in an appeal to the Federal Court involving an opposition to its trade mark application
- Advising an applicant on process required to obtain approval of a Certification Mark for services relating to persons with hearing impairments
- Acting for a world famous street artist in relation to opposing misleading trade marks sought in Australia
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