Intellectual Property Law & Lawyers

IP can be the most valuable asset in a business and as easy to lose as it is to create! Therefore identification and protection of IP is vital and so are the right terms for using any intellectual property in a commercial application.

If you need help regarding any aspect of intellectual property law, including Copyright, patents and trademarks, then please complete your free legal enquiry form on the right, or click here.

Intellectual Property Law is highly complex and should only be handled by a specialist IP lawyer.

Intellectual Property Lawyers provide expert advice on a full range of Intellectual Property services ranging from:

• trademarks,
• copyrights,
• patents
• registered designs and
• trade secrets.

Intellectual property lawyers expertise generally includes:

• Confidentiality agreements
• Protection of Intellectual Property
• Trade mark registration including disputes
• Dealing in unregistered intellectual property
• Assignment and Licensing including royalty and franchise agreements
• Research and Development agreements
• IT, Website and software agreements
• Intellectual Property Disputes

If you need legal help regarding trademarks, patents or any other matter regarding intellectual property law, then please complete your free legal enquiry form on the right, or click here.

Intellectual Property Lawyers

Intellectual Property Lawyers are Intellectual Property Law experts – dedicated to this highly specialist area.

Intellectual Property Lawyers can protect your business through:

• Intellectual Property management and identification
• Managing your brand
• Negotiation and drafting of your IP Agreements
• Exploiting your Intellectual Property through franchising and licensing
• Filing your Trademarks
• Protecting your Intellectual Property Rights and enforcing against infringement

Types of Intellectual Property

The four main types of Intellectual Property are:

Copyright

Copyright protects written or recorded material such as literature, documents, art, photographs, sculpture and three-dimensional works, music and sound recordings, films and broadcasts, databases.

Design Rights

Design rights protect the visual appearance or eye appeal of products and can be used to stop others from copying your designs.

Patents

Patents protect the technical and functional aspects of products and processes and can now be obtained for software products.

Trade Marks

Trade Marks protect names and signs that can distinguish the goods and services of one trader from those of another. However, Intellectual Property also covers know-how (trade secrets), confidential information, database rights, privacy laws, geographical indications, performers’ rights and so on. Often, more than one type of Intellectual Property may apply to the same creation.

If you need legal help regarding trademarks, patents or any other matter regarding intellectual property law, then please complete your free legal enquiry form on the right, or click here.

Apart from that already mentioned above, it is important to note that Intellectual Property Lawyers can offer a number of legal services to help you protect and exploit your Intellectual Property Rights:

• The management and identification of your Intellectual Property Rights
• Brand management
• Enforcing your intellectual property against any infringement
• Assistance in drafting and negotiating your intellectual property contracts
• The use of franchises and licenses to exploiting your Intellectual Property
• Trademark disputes
• Trademark applications
• Trade marks filing
• other trademark issues

IP Australia administers intellectual property (IP) legislation within the portfolio responsibilities of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

Intellectual property law and legislation

The main Acts and Regulations administered by IP Australia are:

• Patents Act 1990
• Patents Regulations 1991
• Trade Marks Act 1995 except Part 13 which the Australian Customs Service administers
• Trade Marks Regulations 1995
• Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
• Plant Breeder's Rights Regulations 1994
• Designs Act 2003
• Designs Regulations 2004

As stated above, broadly speaking the Key areas of expertise of intellectual property lawyer include:

• Trade mark and patent litigation
• Trade mark filing and oppositions
• Copyright and design right
• Domain name disputes
• Licensing technology, content, and trademarks
• Franchising
• Data protection,
• confidentiality and privacy

If you need help regarding any aspect of intellectual property law, including Copyright, patents and trademarks, then please complete your free legal enquiry form on the right, or click here.

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