Intellectual Property
Gerry Connolly
Partner
Phone (03) 6235 5120
Email gconnolly@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Gerry has strong experience in corporate finance, including acquisition finance, project finance and secured lending. He also has considerable experience in advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate structures and restructures.
His main focus areas of law include Energy and Resources, Finance and Security, Government, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Advisory and Business Structures advice.
Experience
Gerry practised in Ireland for a number of years in the corporate / finance team of a leading Irish corporate firm before moving to Australia in 2002. Before joining Page Seager in 2009 as a partner in the firm’s corporate and commercial group, he spent a number of years practising in the structured finance team of a high profile international law firm before spending a year as a corporate lawyer with National Australia Bank and a number of years as a corporate lawyer with Hydro Tasmania.
Jessica Barnes
Lawyer
Phone (03) 6235 5191
Email jbarnes@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Jessica joined Page Seager in 2010 as a lawyer in the firm’s corporate and commercial group. Her main focus areas of law include Government, Mergers and Acquisitions, Franchising, Intellectual Property and Corporate Advisory and Business Structures advice.
Experience
Jessica completed a Bachelor of Arts and Laws at the University of Tasmania in 2006. She then spent two years as corporate lawyer for a Tasmanian government business enterprise whilst also seconded at a Hobart law firm. Jessica has a background in corporate and commercial law, statutory review and interpretation, government compliance, planning and property law.
Candice Edmondson
Lawyer
Phone (03) 6235 5110
Email cedmondson@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Candice practices as a lawyer in Page Seager’s corporate and commercial group. She has a particular focus in the areas of commercial leasing, construction contracts, general commercial contracting and property law matters.
Experience
Candice completed a Bachelor of Arts and Laws at the University of Tasmania in 2009. In August 2010 she graduated from the Tasmanian Legal Practice Course and commenced working at Page Seager Lawyers.
Nathaniel Flinn
Associate
Phone (03) 6235 5125
Email nflinn@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Nathaniel joined Page Seager in 2009 as a lawyer in the firm’s corporate and commercial group. His main focus areas of law include Franchising, Intellectual Property and Licensing, Corporate Advisory and Business Structures advice. This enables him to provide legal solutions to innovative enterprises and managers of intellectual assets, an area of continuing interest.
Experience
Nathaniel has worked in the legal services industry since 2001. He has provided commercial advice to corporate clients in many industries and market sectors.
Kathryn Speed
Partner
Phone (03) 6235 5105
Email kspeed@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Kathryn joined Page Seager in 2008 in the firm’s corporate and commercial group. Her areas of expertise include construction law, procurement and tendering, leasing and licensing, privacy, advising Government-owned corporations, energy and resources and general commercial contracting. Kathryn became a Partner of the firm in 2010.
Experience
Kathryn completed a Bachelor of Science and Laws (with Honours) at the Australian National University in 2000. She then spent seven years working in the mergers and acquisitions team of a high profile international law firm, followed by a year working for the Australian Government in procurement, tendering and commercial contracting.
Brooke Armstrong
Senior Associate
Phone (03) 6235 5138
Email barmstrong@pageseager.com.au
Specialities
Brooke practises primarily in the areas of commercial and intellectual property law. Brooke works with local property owners and developers, corporate and commercial clients, government and state owned corporations, providing strategic advice on infrastructure projects, property acquisitions and disposals. Brooke also has experience in environmental and planning law in the areas of local government and environmental planning.
In 2010 Brooke became a registered Trade Marks Attorney and has experience in advising clients on registering, exploiting and protecting trade marks.
Experience
Brooke graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2002 with a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours (University of Tasmania) and commenced at Page Seager in 2003. Brooke was made an Associate of the firm in 2006. In 2010 Brooke became a registered Trade Marks Attorney.
Developing your strategy
Our lawyers can add value to your enterprise by:
- Helping you to design a dynamic IP strategy to optimise management, protection and exploitation of your IP
- Conducting audits of your current IP assets
- Auditing IP assets for potential joint ventures, collaborations and acquisitions
- Advising you about those aspects of your enterprise that require greater IP protection
- Facilitating the cultural change required in your organisation to maximise your IP strategy
- Structuring, negotiating and drafting agreements relating to IP licensing, collaborations, research and development, joint ventures, sales and distribution.
Helping you manage your IP portfolio
We provide clients with expert assistance in the management of their IP portfolios, including: Trade Mark services Advice and expertise in:
- Brand creation
- Meeting registration requirements in Australia
- Filing and monitoring your application
- Monitoring the later registrations of other entities to ensure that your trade mark retains its integrity and value
- Enforcement of your rights as a trade mark owner
- Defending applications for removal of your trade mark from the register
Copyright
- Ownership of copyright
- Retaining copyright
- Licensing Enforcement
Patents
- Provision of advice regarding existing patents, including content, registration details and other information
- Advice on how you are affected by the Patents Act 1990
- Advice on structure and licensing of patents
- Access to a referral network for preparation and registration of patent applications