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
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, and IP licensing. Originally…
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…
Senior Associate
Ben Cain
Ben specialises in resolving disputes concerning registered or common law trade mark rights, domain names, copyright rights, registered designs, fair trading issues and confidential information. His passion is resolving trade mark and domain name disputes, having spent 14 years as…
Associate
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…
Solicitor
George Jackson
George is a Solicitor 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…
Solicitor
Kathryn McLardy
Kathryn is a Solicitor in the James & Wells Litigation team, based in our Christchurch office. She recently completed her LLB (Hons) at the University of Canterbury and upon completion she received the University Prize in Law. During her degree,…
Solicitor
Jacqui Zohrab
Jacqui is a Solicitor in the James & Wells Auckland Litigation team and a recent University of Canterbury graduate with an LLB & BSc. In her spare time Jacqui enjoys running and baking.
Managing Partner
Tim Walden
Tim is the Managing Partner of James & Wells and specialises in trade mark law. Managing large trade mark portfolios, completing clearance investigations for new brands, devising filing strategies, establishing brand ownership, and enforcing trade marks overseas, are all part…
Partner
Jason Rogers
As Head of the James & Wells Life Sciences team, and with over twenty-five years’ industry experience, Jason’s expertise includes a diverse array of biotechnology fields. Jason’s focus is on high-end intellectual property strategies for patent, design and copyright rights….
Partner
Carrick Robinson
Carrick is a trade mark and branding specialist with over 23 years of intellectual property experience in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He assists businesses with mitigating brand risk and with leveraging their IP and works with brand managers…
Associate
Stephanie Hadley
Stephanie is a Solicitor and Brand Strategist based in our Christchurch office. As a member of our dedicated ‘Food and Beverage Innovation’ team and with a background in marketing and consumer law, Stephanie is one of our Food Standards advisory…
Partner
Ceri Wells
Ceri is a founding partner of James & Wells, a past president of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys, an experienced patent and trade mark attorney, and an outspoken champion of innovation. As an experienced lawyer and patent attorney…
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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.