Intellectual Property Hall & Wilcox has a team of lawyers to service all your intellectual property needs and understand the importance of protecting your intellectual property. With a team of experts around the firm, we work with clients on an ongoing basis to proactively maximise and protect the value of their intellectual property whether by commercialisation or by taking steps to enforce that intellectual property. Our focus is to identify the key legal issues associated with intellectual property, which are significant to your business decision making. The Hall & Wilcox Intellectual Property team has the experience and expertise to provide you with the necessary strategic and commercial advice to secure these valuable assets and manage their ongoing protection. We provide advice across the full range of intellectual property issues for private and public companies, including: Commercialisation Methods of commercialisation include licensing or assigning intellectual property rights. We advise our clients on the most appropriate route to commercialisation and develop a commercialisation strategy that incorporates effective risk management considerations. Disputes Our experienced lawyers can advise on issues including designing infringement and enforcement strategies for copyright, patents and trade marks and act on your behalf in trade mark and passing off disputes, as well as breaches of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). Trade Mark prosecutions and registrations Intellectual property management is an increasingly complicated task as the laws affecting intellectual property evolve in response to a rapidly changing marketplace. These legislative changes, along with other factors including the drive for free trade, have brought about increased uncertainty in an already complex area. Our expert team can provide strategic brand protection advice on trade mark availability, infringement and registrability, nationally and internationally, and preparing evidence and submissions to IP Australia. Clients of the Hall & Wilcox Intellectual Property practice include 2XU, Apple and Pear Australia Limited, Armourdillo, Australian Toy Association, AXA Australia Limited, Baxters Food Group, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Boost Juice, CPA Australia, Dangerfield, Dennis Family Corporation, Encore Tissue, HW Greenham & Sons Pty Limited, Intershop Communications AG, Metcash, Note Printing Australia, Prevar and Vapormedia.