NAME: Cate Nagy
LAW FIRM: King and Wood Mallesons
COUNTRY: Australia
PRACTICE AREAS: Intellectual property
INDUSTRY SECTORS: Consumer goods and services, Media and entertainment, Technology and telecommunications
Cate Nagy, an IP partner of King & Wood Mallesons, wins our November lawyer of the month award for her work on a longest-running federal court case in Australia.
Nagy successfully defended SPI Group, the producer of Stolichnaya vodka, in the long-running Russian vodka trademark litigation case. The case was brought by the Russian Federation concerning its operations and ownership of SPI Group’s Stolichnaya trademarks in Australia.
Nagy has acted for various high-profile copyright and trademark infringement, misleading and deceptive conduct and domain name disputes. She is also active in the non-contentious IP field, including strategic copyright and brand protection and enforcement issues and regulatory advice.
Links:
https://www.kwm.com/en/au/people/cate-nagy
https://www.kwm.com/en/au/knowledge/news/kwm-wins-long-running-russian-vodka-trade-mark-case-20191104