Intellectual Property
Ben Hamilton
Ben has a range of experience in intellectual property, technology, and commercial matters.
He specialises in technology and commercial contracts, branding and product labelling advice, advertising and marketing law, trade mark matters, intellectual property commercialisation, copyright advice, disputes and licensing, and competition and consumer law matters.
Ben has also advised and assisted clients in drafting and negotiating procurement, technology and other commercial contracts, asserting and defending substantial copyright and trade mark infringement claims, implementing a national trade mark certification scheme, drafting agreements relating to the commercialisation of new plant varieties and patented technology.
James Deady
James has experience in a broad range of commercial and intellectual property matters, including intellectual property commercialisation, agreements and licensing, trade mark registrability and infringement issues.
James also has extensive experience in technology procurement, licensing and outsourcing matters. This work includes drafting and advising on IT contracts, including software licences, software, platform and infrastructure as a service agreements, software development agreements, IT project and implementation agreements, and IT service contracts, and drafting and advising on general commercial agreements.
John Gray
John is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer who has specialised in technology and intellectual property law for 30 years. He is a partner in the Corporate and Commercial team at Hall & Wilcox.
John advises clients on commercial transactions and legal disputes in the fields of IT, telecommunications and media. His expertise covers all the legal issues associated with the use of technology in business and government, including licensing, privacy and data protection, copyright, branding and e-payments.
Known for his hands-on and pragmatic approach, and his ability to find solutions to legal and commercial issues, John is a seasoned practitioner in the IT market and often acts for governments and financial institutions in relation to major IT projects.
Suzie Leask
Suzie is a highly regarded specialist in corporate and commercial law. With over 15 years’ experience, Suzie assists companies and their boards, directors, company secretaries, management, in house legal teams and key business stakeholders to comply with a variety of commercial transactions, corporate governance and regulatory compliance obligations. Suzie is experienced in a range of areas including business transactions, corporate advisory, commercial contracts and procurement, IT and intellectual property, privacy law and cyber security, regulatory compliance, competition and consumer laws including unfair contract laws.
Martin Ross
Martin is a Partner at Hall & Wilcox, and leads the firm's national Corporate and Commercial team.
Martin practices commercial law with extensive experience in contracts and commercial litigation. He focuses on corporate, commercial, regulatory and private clients, with particular expertise in the sports and media sectors.
Martin's expertise includes complex commercial contracting, intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions. He has worked on high-profile and complex transactions and litigation, including media rights transactions, major sponsorship agreements, M&A in sport, governance, and rules and regulations.
Team Services
Intellectual property and its protection can be a significant issue for many organisations. Ensuring that intellectual property (IP) rights are appropriately protected – and that any infringements disputes are dealt with effectively and efficiently – can be the key to gaining and maintaining a commercial advantage.
Our IP lawyers work with companies from all sectors to do just that. We aim to identify and implement legal solutions that help our clients make the right decisions to maximise the value of their IP.
We advise on:
- trade mark portfolio management, prosecutions, registrations and oppositions;
- commercialisation and licensing of IP, including trade marks, patents and plant breeders rights, and related commercial arrangements such as joint ventures and other commercialisation structures; and
- disputes, including both enforcing and defending IP infringements and related actions.
Our senior IP lawyers often work with other experts in the firm – including dispute resolution, tax, corporate and commercial and employment specialists – to provide a multidisciplinary approach that delivers seamless commercial solutions.