Addisons' intellectual property (IP) team assists Australian and international clients to protect their valuable IP assets. The work undertaken by the team includes trade mark prosecution, IP litigation and IP commercialisation projects.
Addisons’ IP team has broad experience in all facets of intellectual property. Our work involves the full spectrum of intellectual property advice including trade marks, copyright, designs and patents.
Our IP practice has extensive experience in advising clients on trade mark protection and enforcement as well as commercialisation and licensing of copyright, patents and trade marks. We are also regularly involved in significant intellectual property litigation, often with cross border aspects.
The partners and senior lawyers within the IP team work closely with the business and its executives, with the aim of providing practical, strategic and commercial advice which is workable for the business. Our clients come from a range of industries including food and beverage, financial services and insurance, pharmaceutical and health, technology as well as media and entertainment.
With a reputation among consumer-facing businesses for its outstanding services, Addisons’ multi-disciplinary team of IP professionals possesses a “depth of expertise that is usually the hallmark of a very large firm, but also a personal touch that no large firm can match”.
WTR1000 2021
“Addisons prides itself on consistently delivering a superior service characterised by attention to detail, pragmatic advice and easy accessibility to attorneys.”
WTR1000 2020
“Straddling the contentious/non-contentious divide with dexterity, the firm draws on a select network of foreign associates to provide the same high standards no matter where its illustrious clients need support; thus, it strikes a chord with business-to-consumer companies such as Virgin and Formula One.”
WTR1000 2019
Services
- Anti-counterfeiting and brand protection
- Commercialisation agreements
- Compliance reviews for advertising campaigns
- Confidential information
- Copyright advice, licensing and litigation
- Domain name registration and website issues
- Intellectual property audits
- Labelling
- Licensing and sponsorship
- Passing off and misleading and deceptive conduct breaches
- Patent litigation and revocation proceedings
- Trade mark licensing
- Trade mark opposition proceedings
- Trade mark searches, registration and litigation
- Registration and protection of designs
Companies choose Donna Short to manage their global portfolios and protect their intellectual property thanks to her top-notch “practical counselling, responsiveness and efficiency”, as well as her approachability. “Donna is very friendly and extremely reliable. You can tell she genuinely wants the best for your business. With her global knowledge and commercial analysis, she goes above and beyond to ensure her clients are equipped to make good, informed decisions.”
World Trademark Review (WTR1000) – 2021
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Recognition
World Trademark Review (WTR1000) – Enforcement and litigation, Australia, 2021
World Trademark Review (WTR1000) – Prosecution and strategy, Australia, 2021
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Leading Law Firm – 2021
Managing IP- IP Stars: Trade Mark Contentious (Tier 3) - 2021
Doyles – Leading Contentious Intellectual Property Law Firms – NSW, 2020 - 2021
Doyles – Leading Non-Contentious Intellectual Property Law Firms – NSW, 2020 - 2021