With short innovation cycles and global competition, intellectual property plays a critical role in maintaining commercial advantage.
Organisations in this sector need advice that is agile, tailored to fast development cycles and ensures you can move quickly without compromising protection.
We help businesses in this sector face complex IP challenges, particularly in Australia, where patentability standards for software and computer-implemented inventions are among the most stringent globally. We help companies balance speed to market with effective protection, manage freedom-to-operate risk, and develop IP strategies that support investment, licensing and commercialisation aims.
Our clients include Australian and international organisations operating in the ICT and electronics sector – including software and SaaS companies, AI and data-driven businesses, electronics manufacturers, telecommunications providers, medical device innovators and defence-related technology organisations. We have worked with early-stage innovators through to established multinationals managing substantial IP portfolios.
Our team provides practical, commercially focused advice across patent strategy, IP research, portfolio management and enforcement, as well as IP-related commercial transactions such as licensing, collaborations and R&D agreements. We are particularly experienced in advising on software-implemented inventions, AI technologies and hybrid hardware-software solutions.
Where disputes arise, we support clients with enforcement, oppositions and contentious matters with our dual-qualified legal practitioners to defend and assert valuable IP assets and manage commercial risk.
With backgrounds spanning engineering, electronics, physical sciences, materials science and interdisciplinary technologies, our team has both the commercial and technical knowledge to anticipate risk and adapt strategies as technologies – and the laws around them – evolve. We are known for our clear communication, flexible systems and collaborative approach – working seamlessly with in-house teams, external advisers and global networks.
Our professionals stay involved in this sector by attending events and regular industry involvement, including presenting on topics such as protecting cutting-edge ICT inventions to clients and industry, reflecting our active engagement with emerging technologies and evolving IP frameworks.
