AJ Park

Specialist intellectual property firm AJ Park counts international agents, government institutions, and multinational and major listed companies among its roster of clients. With offices in Auckland and Wellington, the practice is well positioned to advise clients on the gamut of IP matters, including trade marks, designs, copyright, strategy and commercialisation, renewals and litigation. Auckland-based partner Amanda Griffiths heads the trade marks practice, where she is routinely engaged by individuals and companies of all sizes across a range of industries, notably in the FMCG sector. Litigation group leader Paul Johns is noted for his experience in the courts and in IP office hearings, while Anton Blijlevens is a key port of call for clients seeking to protect and commercialise their innovations. In the Wellington office, Michael Brown leads the engineering and IT patent group, and Duncan De Geest heads the chemical biology practice, specialising in patent law. Other notable individuals include Penny Catley and Jonathan Aumonier-Ward.