Piper Alderman advises on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters, including strategic portfolio management, enforcement and dispute resolution. The practice works with clients across the technology and public sectors, offering guidance on both protection and commercialisation of IP rights. Melbourne-based Tim Clark co-leads the team alongside Tim O’Callaghan in Adelaide, who focuses on trade mark portfolio management. Travis Shueard adds litigation expertise to the team, regularly representing public sector clients in intellectual property disputes. Jamin Li has significant experience in Federal Court proceedings and trade mark opposition hearings.
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Testimonials
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- 'Piper Alderman is a firm of talented lawyers who deeply care for their clients and are committed to the sectors they work in. What sets them apart is that they invest in giving back; they do this through events, educational seminars and networking opportunities where they involve themselves in the industry and with other key stakeholders for the benefit of everyone. They are generous in their knowledge and great to partner with.'
- 'Travis Shueard is fantastic to deal with.'
- 'Piper Alderman's IP practice team are very well versed in the laws and trade mark categories relevant to our business, hence they were able to guide us with confidence. They take a personalised consultative approach over transactional, which we find very common with other providers.'
- 'Knowledge and experience alongside a personalised consultative approach. They are open to picking up the phone or having virtual meetings over exchanging emails alone.'
Key clients
- Geoscan Pty Ltd
- REDARC Electronics Pty Ltd
- Pepper Group
- Lenovo Group Ltd
- Bickford’s Group
- Affinity Education Group Limited
- Caporaso Pty Ltd ATF Diversity Trust
- Jackson Family Wines LLC and Jackson Family Farms LLC
- Defence Teaming Centre Ltd
- Sushi Train (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Clover Corporation Limited
Work highlights
Acting as Lenovo Group’s agent in relation to enforcing and protecting Lenovo’s extensive suite of registered “THINK” and “YOGA” trade marks in Australia and New Zealand.
Protecting and enforcing Bickford’s intellectual property, including successfully negotiating an agreement with a Melbourne-based entity for it to rebrand and cease and desist its infringing conduct, without the need to commence proceedings.
Advising on a range of intellectual property services for Geoscan, including currently representing Geoscan in trade mark opposition proceedings against Spring Cloud Tech Pty Ltd t/as Coreplan, opposing Spring Cloud’s trade mark application TMA2245627: COREPLAN.
Practice head
Tim Clark; Tim O'Callaghan
Other key lawyers
Travis Shueard; Jamin Li