IP is one of the core areas of our commercial practice. Our team is led by Amy Bishop, an experienced IP lawyer and a registered trade mark attorney, and the team's mentor Sandy Donaldson, who has been providing expert advice for an extremely diverse range of clients on the full range of IP issues for over five decades. The team advises specialised technology, biotechnology and ICT companies, research-oriented businesses, high-tech enterprises, universities, government instrumentalities and other innovators and inventors on issues ranging from the management of intellectual capital and protection of IP assets, through to commercialisation options, including transfers, licensing and start-ups.
IP is of vital importance to all businesses, not just organisations engaged in research and development or hi-tech. We help individuals and businesses in many other industries and creative and artistic fields protect their intangible assets, including brands, by advising on development and management strategies and acting in IP disputes.
We also provide strategic advice on IP development, conduct IP audits to identify IP assets, protection risks and commercialisation opportunities, and manage complex claims.
Key Services
- Commercialisation and licensing advice
- Competition and consumer law
- Confidential information and trade secrets
- Copyright, designs and software protection
- Dispute resolution and actions
- Distribution, marketing, agency and supply agreements
- Domain and business names
- Information technology, social media and internet
- Infringement and anti-piracy actions
- Intellectual asset management
- Intellectual property and technology licences and assignments
- Intellectual property audits
- Joint venture and collaborative agreements
- Manufacturing and contracting agreements
- Materials transfer agreements
- Patents (commercialisation, protection and strategy)
- Plant breeders’ rights
- Privacy
- Research and development
- Structures and start-ups
- Taxation issues
- Trade mark applications and brand protection
Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession
- Leading Intellectual Property Law Firm – South Australia, Since 2015
- Leading TMT Law Firm – South Australia, Since 2016
- Sandy Donaldson, Preeminent Intellectual Property Lawyer – South Australia, Since 2015
- Sandy Donaldson, Leading TMT Lawyer – South Australia, 2016
- Amy Bishop, Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer – South Australia, 2023
Best Lawyers in Australia
- Sandy Donaldson named “Adelaide Intellectual Property Law Lawyer of the year”, 2016
- Sandy Donaldson recognised in “Intellectual Property Law”, 2011 – 2018
- Sandy Donaldson recognised in “Information Technology Law”, 2018
Corporate INTL Global Awards
Technology Commercialisation Law Firm of the Year (Australia), 2015
- Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)
- Copyright Society of Australia
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand Inc (IPSANZ); – Chair of the SA Committee, Amy Bishop and Committee Member, Sandy Donaldson
- Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia; Member, Sandy Donaldson
- Licensing Executives Society Australia & NZ Inc.(LESANZ); Member & former President, Sandy Donaldson
