Full-service IP law firm, Davies Collison Cave maintains its premier status in the IP market offering both contentious and non-contentious advice. The firm is particularly active in serving technology and telecommunications clients. Key figures include litigator Chris Jordan, patent specialist David Webber and trademark specialist Adam Sears. The firm welcomed principals Craig Finlayson from Macpherson Kelley and Humphrey Foote from AJ Park. Departures include principals William Pickering and Brett Lewis. The firm expanded its service offering into the areas of general commercial, property and tax law.
Intellectual property
Work highlights
Assisted Dalmec in claiming its ownership in its DALMEC brand and securing a costs award. This resulted in the removal of the distributor’s trademark registrations from the Australian Trade Marks Register and the refusal of the distributor’s application.
Represented Simba Textile Mills and Simba Global in federal court proceedings against Simba in relation to an infringement of Simba Textile Mills’ Australian registered trademark ‘SIMBA’.
Key clients
Monster Energy, Vaxxas
Dispute resolution
Work highlights
Representing Australian Investment and Development in a land tax exemption case before the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal (COA).
