Trade Marks
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We help businesses and individuals with all facets of the trade mark registration and enforcement process.
We have a specialist trade marks practice, with practitioners located in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
The firm has around 50 registered trade mark attorneys, a number of whom are also registered patent attorneys and/or lawyers.
Our trade mark clients range from some of the world’s best known brands, through large Australian companies to small businesses and sole traders.
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick provides the following trade mark services to clients:
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- Advice on the possible registration of a trade mark
- Searches to determine availability of trade marks for use and registration
- Preparation, lodgement and prosecution of trade mark applications directly in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and some Pacific island nations
- Trade mark lodgement and prosecution in other countries (in conjunction with a local firm)
- Infringement searches
- Investigation and advice on the validity of existing trade marks (eg for non-use removal)
- Investigating infringements (through our investigations business)
- Competitive intelligence reporting
- Conducting opposition proceedings to defend or oppose grant of accepted trade marks
- Continuous monitoring of competitors, their trade marks and IP activities
- Defending allegations of infringement
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- Enforcement of trade mark owners’ rights
- Negotiation and settlement of trade mark disputes
- Drafting of various agreements relating to trade mark use, transfer or licensing
- Management of trade marks portfolios
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| For a copy of our Trade Marks brochure, click here. |
