Enforcement & Dispute Resolution
Our large and specialised IP dispute team has an established reputation for providing effective representation in both Australia and New Zealand.
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How we can help with enforcement & dispute resolution
Our large and specialised IP dispute team has an established reputation for providing effective representation in both Australia and New Zealand. Our team had conduct of several of the first wave of pre-grant oppositions under the Raising the Bar (patents) legislation.
The size of the team allows sufficient flexibility to take on substantial disputes at short notice, handle major litigation without disruption to other clients or matters, and ensures the consistent provision of fast, commercially relevant advice.
The team were involved in the largest and most complex patent dispute in Australasia in decades. A significant amount of new intellectual property case law has been set down as a result of James & Wells successfully advocating in these proceedings.
Meet our enforcement experts
Partner
Ian Finch
Ian is recognised as one of New Zealand’s most influential leaders in intellectual property. He has extensive experience advising clients in the filing, prosecution, and enforcement of their innovation at all levels and across a range of industries, particularly in…
Partner
Gus Hazel
Gus is one of Australasia’s most experienced intellectual property lawyers. His experience includes litigation at all levels of the Australian and New Zealand systems, alternative dispute resolution procedures (mediation and arbitration), commercialisation, regulatory issues and administrative law. In addition to…
Partner
Jason Wach
Jason is an experienced intellectual property litigator. He has an extensive background in acting for local and international businesses and assisting them with the enforcement of intellectual property rights. He has appeared as counsel and assisted senior counsel in all…
Partner
Alexia Mayer
Alexia is an experienced Australian and New Zealand intellectual property (IP) litigator. Alexia’s practice includes patent, trade mark and copyright infringement, patent and trade mark oppositions, breach of confidence, IP ownership disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct, IP licensing, and pharmaceutical/medical…
Partner
Ben Cain
Having spent 14 years as a professional marketer and brand design manager before qualifying as a lawyer, Ben’s passion is resolving disputes concerning registered or common law trade mark rights, domain names, copyright rights, registered designs, fair trading issues and…
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James Rowland
James is an Associate in our litigation team. James’s practice, while extending across a range of intellectual property rights, is centred predominantly on the obtaining and enforcement of patent rights. Frequently working across teams and in multi-jurisdictional disputes, James has…
Associate
George Jackson
George is an Associate with the litigation team based out of Tauranga. George’s practice includes dispute and enforcement of a range of intellectual property rights, but with a particular focus on trade mark and Fair Trading Act 1986 matters. George…
Associate
Kathryn McLardy
Kathryn is an Associate in the James & Wells Litigation team, based in our Christchurch office. She completed her LLB (Hons) at the University of Canterbury and upon completion she received the University Prize in Law. During her degree, Kathryn…
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Champions of Innovation®
Since 1979, James & Wells has been at the forefront of innovation in Australasia. We are here to help you grow, leverage and protect your IP. Our depth of experience ranges from managing large IP portfolios for international corporations, right through to protecting the ideas of start-ups, and everything in between. No matter the size of your organisation, James & Wells are here to be your dedicated Champions of Innovation®.
We are a full-service IP firm – that means you will find everything you need to protect your IP just by working with us. We will help you with patents, trade marks, litigation and IP strategy – our people are externally recognised as some of the best in the business, and they work together to bring you custom-built IP solutions that are tailored exactly to your needs. When you work with James & Wells, you know you’re in a safe pair of hands, with a highly experienced team supporting you.
Talk to us today about how we can work together.