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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Lawyers in Auburn and Western Sydney

Your brand, your creative work and your ideas are valuable business assets. We help you protect them, use them commercially and act quickly when someone else copies them.

Our Approach

Protecting Your Brand, Ideas and Creative Work

Many business owners assume that registering a business name protects their brand. It does not. We explain in plain English what rights you already have, what you should register, and how to avoid using a name or design that belongs to someone else.

We act at every stage, from searches and registration through to licensing, enforcement and disputes, before the bodies and courts that deal with intellectual property:

  • IP Australia: applications to register trade marks and designs, renewals, and oppositions to other people’s applications.
  • ASIC: business and company names, and making sure a new name does not use someone else’s trade mark.
  • Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia: disputes about copyright, trade marks and designs.
  • Federal Court of Australia: intellectual property disputes of all kinds, including patent disputes.

Where a dispute proceeds to a hearing, we work closely with experienced barristers where needed and stay involved in your matter from start to finish.

If someone is copying your brand or work, or you have received a letter accusing you of infringement, please contact us promptly. Acting early usually gives you more options and can reduce the cost of resolving the matter.

You can speak with Irfan in English, Hindi, Urdu or Gujarati.

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How We Can Help

Intellectual Property Services

Whether you are starting a business or protecting an established brand, we can help with:


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Trade Marks and Branding

Trade mark searches and advice, preparing and filing applications, responding to objections, renewals and oppositions.

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Copyright

Advice on who owns copyright in your work, website and marketing content, and what to do when your work is copied.

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Infringement and Disputes

Letters of demand, responding to infringement allegations, negotiating settlements and court proceedings.

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Designs and Inventions

Advice on registering designs and protecting new products, including working with patent attorneys where a patent is needed.

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Licensing and IP Agreements

Licence agreements, assignments, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and agreements with contractors and employees.

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IP in Business Sales and Franchising

Checking the intellectual property when buying or selling a business, and protecting brands in franchise arrangements.

Good to Know

Key Things to Know


Business Names Are Not Trade Marks

Registering a business or company name with ASIC does not give you exclusive rights to the name. Only a registered trade mark can do that.

Copyright Is Automatic

Copyright protection is free and automatic in Australia. There is no formal registration system, so keeping records of when and how you created your work is important.

Trade Marks Last 10 Years

A registered trade mark must be renewed every 10 years. If it is not renewed on time, the protection lapses.

Designs Last Up to 10 Years

A registered design lasts for 5 years and can be renewed once for a further 5 years, giving a maximum of 10 years’ protection.

This is general information only, not legal advice. Please speak with us about your own situation.

Talk to Us About Protecting Your Brand

Whether you are launching a new name or dealing with a copycat, call us or send a short message and we will explain your options and the next steps.

Contact us

Book a Consultation

Call us, email us or send a short message below and we will get back to you as soon as we can.


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Peerzada & Associates

Office

Suite 10, 35-39 Auburn Road
Auburn NSW 2144

Post

PO Box 40, Auburn NSW 1835

Phone and email

(02) 8097 4028
info@peerzada.com.au

Opening hours

Monday to Wednesday 9am to 7pm
Thursday 9am to 8pm
Friday 9am to 7pm
Saturday 9am to 12pm
Sunday closed