Peer Legal's expertise in intellectual property extends to:
Some examples of significant work Peer Legal’s lawyers have completed in this area are:
- Trademarks, registered designs and patents: advice, application, registration, opposition and enforcement.
- Intellectual Property licensing arrangements.
- Intellectual Property cease and desist demands and other enforcement activities.
- Copyright and content creation, distribution, protection and enforcement.
Some examples of significant work Peer Legal’s lawyers have completed in this area are:
- IP Australia trademark opposition process on behalf of an Australian technology company in respect of potentially infringing the Madrid Protocol trademark application by a global company.
- Management of the trademark assignment process in an internal restructure of a global brown and white goods importer and owner of in excess of 20 registered trademarks.
- Completion of the trademark registration process for various restaurant and associated brands for a high profile Melbourne restaurant group.
- Defending an Australian clothing importer as regards breach of copyright and passing off allegations.
- Acting for one of the defendants in the trademark infringement, misleading or deceptive conduct, and passing off proceedings brought by the US-based owner of the “Ugg” brand as regards Ugg boots.
- Bringing successful trademark infringement proceedings on behalf of the owner of the “Shugg” brand of sashless windows.
- Acting for a global brown goods and domestic appliance manufacturer and importer for various intellectual property acquisitions, licensing arrangements and trademark matters.