April 19, 2019

Fair trading in New Zealand

New Zealand has a comprehensive set of laws which govern how businesses trade with each other and with consumers.

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James & Wells’ new registered patent and trade mark attorneys

We are delighted to announce our most recent patent and trade mark attorney registrations within the James & Wells’ team. Dr Taylor Smallwood in our Brisbane office and Dr Sam Fraser in our Christchurch office are both now registered patent attorneys (Australia & New Zealand) and registered trade mark attorneys (Australia). Taylor joined the Brisbane...

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James & Wells’ promotions

We are delighted to announce promotions within the James & Wells’ team! Richard Clement has been promoted to Special Counsel in the Patents Team, James Rowland has been promoted to Senior Associate in the Litigation and Commercial Team and Brianna Hunt has been promoted to IP Assistant. Managing Partner, Tim Walden, said of each: “Richard...

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IP Policy vs. IP Strategy – Synergistic Approaches

“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after just as well” (Mark Twain, American writer and humourist) The phrases “IP Strategy” and “IP Policy” can often be used indiscriminately and interchangeably. Yet, these two fundamental tools of successful businesses have quite different roles, but ones which if aligned can scale a...