Intellectual Property
Ensuring you have the best advice to defend your intellectual property in today’s global and highly competitive marketplace is pivotal. It requires expert technical advice combined with strategic legal advice on your intellectual property investment.
Our Intellectual Property Expertise
Organisations spend time and money creating valuable intellectual property (IP). How do you then properly use that IP and protect it?
The Maddocks IP team comprises of partners and lawyers with extensive specialist advisory and dispute capabilities.
Their experience ranges from patent advice and commercialisation to copyright and design advice and transactions. We also advise on trademark registration, portfolio management and business name and domain name registration, as well as marketing and advertising advice.
Should an IP dispute arise, we provide dispute resolution and litigation services. We have successfully represented clients on patent infringement and invalidity, passing off and breaches of Australian Consumer Law, and the infringement of trademarks, copyright and design rights.
Our patent litigation team has represented clients in significant disputes in the Federal Court, Full Court and High Court of Australia, spanning a range of technologies from pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.
We have recently acted in particular cases relating to blockbuster drug patents, including extended release formulations, second medical use patents and dosage regimens.
Our team’s latest insights, case studies and contact details can be found below.
Insights from the Team
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The Prescription
The Prescription addresses legal developments and trends in the healthcare and life sciences spaces in Australia
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Intellectual Property Laws Amendment – Senate Report
The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill proposes to change various patent and IP arrangements.
Latest insights
Repealed - IP exemption to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 anti-competitive conduct regime is no more
The IP exemption applying to conditional licensing or assignment of intellectual property rights has been repealed.
Changes to the intellectual property regime – part one
How will changes proposed by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment affect the education sector?
Case studies
Other services used by our Intellectual Property clients
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Consumer Markets & Franchising
We offer strategic and practical advice to clients entering new consumer markets or launching franchises.
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Competition & Regulation
We advise clients on navigating the issues, investigations and enforcement of competition & regulation laws.
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Compliance & Enforcement
We regularly act for government clients who require others to comply with a full range of enforcement-related matters.
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Litigation
Our lawyers understand that taking action through litigation is sometimes required to successfully achieve business goals.
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Advertising, Brand & Marketing
We advise clients on their legal and regulatory requirements when taking their advertising, branding and marketing activities to market.
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Cyber & Data Resilience
We offer a holistic approach for businesses seeking advice, procurement and implementation regarding cyber & data resilience.
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Energy & Resources
We advise on the complexities involved in delivering energy and resource projects across the whole energy industry.
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Financial Services
Our range of financial services spans the full fund lifecycle, detailed financial planning and fund management.
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Information Technology
We advise Australian clients on contracting, regulation and resilience of information technology solutions and services.
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