Intellectual Property
Our commercial experts help take your portfolio of IP assets and create economic benefits through portfolio management, integration of IP into business strategy, and maximising the value of your IP.
Have you ever considered how value could be extracted from the technology, product, or process that is unique to your business?
Many types of IP generate income and can deliver strategic advantages. Licensing and commercialising your IP can create new streams of income for your business.
Our commercial experts help take your portfolio of IP assets and create economic benefits through portfolio management, integration of IP into business strategy, and maximising the value of your IP.
Partner
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
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
Carrick is a trade mark and branding specialist with almost 30 years of intellectual property experience. He assists businesses with mitigating brand risk and leveraging their intellectual property, working with brand managers and legal counsel to streamline the daily management…
Senior Associate
James is a Senior Associate in our litigation and commercial 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…
Partner
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….
Of Counsel
With over 30 years’ experience working in intellectual property, Andrew has been involved in numerous trade mark and design cases both in prosecution and litigation. His current practice includes working with clients on trade marks, copyright, design and patents. Outside…
Associate
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…
Partner
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…
Partner
Alexia is an experienced Australian and New Zealand intellectual property lawyer. Alexia’s practice spans commercial and contentious matters in both jurisdictions. On the commercial front, Alexia’s expertise includes drafting and advising on a wide range of commercial agreements, conducting IP…
Partner
Jennifer Lucas is a Partner in our Auckland office, with over 15 years’ experience in patent drafting and prosecution across multiple jurisdictions. She has experience working with a wide range of industry sectors, including human and veterinary medical devices across…
Trainee Patent Attorney
Beshara has a Ph.D. in Cancer Cell Biology from University of London and a BSc with Honours in Cancer Immunology from The University of Queensland. Her Ph.D investigated the expression and function of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen in prostate cancer….
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.
