Tech + IP
Our Approach
Leveraging and protecting digital assets and intellectual property are fundamental to business success. The need to innovate and respond quickly and aggressively to change is crucial to staying competitive in today’s environment. Our award winning Tech + IP team is the largest standalone Tech + IP practice in Australia. We bring together leading experts to service clients in both traditional and emerging industries on the full lifecycle of digital, regulatory and intellectual property matters.
Our services include:
- Data + privacy
- Artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT) and emerging technologies
- Cyber security and enterprise risk management
- Technology disputes
- Digital platform regulation
- Digital health
- Infratech
- Critical infrastructure and SOCI advice
- Space law and projects
- Tech aspects of decarbonisation
- Technology and telecommunications procurement and outsourcing arrangements
- Digital wallets
- Stored value and payments providers
- Payment schemes and infrastructure operators
- Centralised and decentralised platforms and projects (including DeFi and DAO projects)
- Traditional and emerging product distributors
- Digital currencies and exchanges
- Neobanks
- Fractionalised and tokenised assets
- Marketplace lending and BNPL
- Copyright
- Patents
- Brand protection and trade marks
- False advertising
- Breach of confidence
- Database protection
- Product liability
- Cyber security
- Commercial IP licensing
- Anti-counterfeiting
As the Tech + IP group, we have a unique ability to collaborate and bring together expertise across the above areas.
Awards + Recognition
Ranked Band 1 for IT & Telecommunications and Fintech
Ranked Band 2 for Intellectual Property and Financial Services Regulation
Ranked Tier 1 for Intellectual Property, IT and Telecommunications and Data Protection
Winner ‘Trademark Law Firm’ (Australia) 2022
Intellectual Property Team of the Year – winner 2020, 2017, 2015
Ranked Tier 1 for IP Transactions; Trade mark (contentious); and Copyright.
Ranked Tier 2 for Patent (contentious)
Ranked Tier 3 Trade mark (prosecution)