Expertise
Members of Chambers experience includes patents, trademarks and copyright, as well as passing off, advertising and Internet domain name disputes. Our expertise in this area crosses a wide range of industries and includes appearances in the Supreme and Federal Courts, together with overseas tribunals.
Our international reach in this area includes one members’ affiliation with the largest and top-ranked IP chambers in London, which has included a recent high-profile appearance in the Court of Appeal for UK national broadcasters ITV and Channel 4, as well as experience teaching intellectual property both at University of Oxford and at QUT.
Significant matters include several members acting for different parties, including IBM, in the Queensland Health Payroll System Commission of Inquiry dealing with one of the largest ever IT and procurement disputes in Australia: which ran throughout 2013.