Work Department

Technology group.

Position

Head of the firm’s contentious intellectual property group; specialises in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including patents, designs, trade marks, passing off and branding, copyright, confidential information actions, and domain name disputes; represents clients across a range of industries, including fashion, packaging, computer games, medical technology, novelty toys and products, agriculture, household and garden products, and retail. He also acts, or has acted for, a number of patent and trade mark attorneys in defending claims of professional negligence. He has represented clients in substantial intellectual property cases both here and in Australia, including multinational litigation involving dual proceedings in the UK and US; represented defendants in the ‘One in a Million’ domain name litigation.

Education

Kings College, Adelaide; University of Adelaide (1981 LLB); University of London (1994 LLM).