Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property is an essential driver of world-wide economic growth, and a critical element of competitive advantage in the 21st century.   It helps businesses to acquire and own their distinctive qualities in the marketplace.   When structured and protected correctly, intellectual property assets can even help you cash in on the success of your competitors.

Unfortunately, when it comes to business strategy, intellectual property is often overlooked.   Strategies that come to terms with the true value of intellectual property are more likely to succeed than those that do not.

As Tasmania’s leading law firm, Page Seager is best placed to provide you with the intellectual property advice and protection you need to retain ownership of those things that make your enterprise unique.

We can assist you with:

Developing your strategy

Our lawyers can add value to your enterprise by:

• Helping you to design a dynamic intellectual property strategy to augment and enhance your competitive advantage
• Conducting an audit of your current intellectual property assets
• Assisting you with recruitment and performance management
• Advising you about those aspects of your business that requires greater intellectual property protection
• Facilitating the cultural change required in your organisation to maximise your strategy.

Managing your intellectual property 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

Advice on:

• Ownership of copyright
• Retaining copyright
• Licensing and contractual structure
• Enforcement

Patents

[Note: Page Seager does not offer services exclusively provided by patent attorneys]

• 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

Other Services

• Confidentiality Agreements
• Designs
  

Corporate Advisory Services

We assist clients with:

• Franchising
• Licensing all aspects of intellectual property
• Joint ventures
• Shareholder agreements
• Due diligence enquiries
• Distribution agreements
• Collaborative agreements
• Business and domain names
• Protecting their trade secrets

Our Personnel

Steve Latham
Brooke Armstrong
Nathaniel Flinn

For general enquires contact (09) 62355155