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Intellectual Property Law

It is increasingly important in today’s market to protect your brand, reputation, knowledge, and goodwill. Having the right conversations at the right time can make a big difference to the growth, leverage, success and reputation of your business.

Intellectual property issues impact the core of a business and our Intellectual Property lawyers can assist in identifying, developing, commercialising, managing, protecting and enforcing your intellectual property rights to allow you to control and own what is yours.

Our team have recognised experience in protecting the value of our clients’ ideas and brand. We have acted for a wide range of clients from individuals and small start-up businesses to large companies.

Our team are able to assist with a variety of matters, including:

  • Trademark protection in New Zealand and Australia.

  • Domain name registration.

  • Licencing and commercialisation. 

  • Advice on New Zealand copyright law.

  • Protecting trade secrets and non-disclosure.

  • Fair Trading Act and legislative advice.

Notable experience:

  • Registering multiple trademarks for a client wanting to establish and enter into the Australian market.

  • Assisting a start-up business to acquire the name of a brand they wanted to use from another entity that had registered a mark.

  • Assisting clients in licencing their intellectual property.