Intellectual Property & Technology
Information Technology
TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) - Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007-2008
IT and e-commerce - PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008
TMT - Chambers Global Guide 2008
“A fantastic firm that provides a consistently high standard of advice’, Mallesons continues to impress with its ‘depth of experience, efficiency and quality IT support on major transactions’. With offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and throughout Australia, its national and international focus gives it the ability to handle even the biggest transactions. On the IT side, for instance, the ‘established and knowledgeable team’ assisted Telstra BigPond with successfully acquiring exclusive Internet and mobile rights to sports content with both the AFL and the NRL.”
We have a strong track record of working on complex and innovative issues in:
- outsourcing
- major system contracts, structuring of complex global IT arrangements
- acquisitions and procurements
- dispute resolution and litigation
- IT aspects of mergers and acquisitions
- internet and e-commerce initiatives: including acquisition and supply of online and ASP services, privacy and the regulation of online content and activities (including online and interactive gaming).
Intellectual property
“Mallesons Stephen Jaques represented key client Telstra on the first Australian dispute over the code of fair dealing regarding sports footage on the internet and mobile phones, and advised Telstra in obtaining the internet and mobile rights to the AFL and Rugby League (NRL) content. Other high profile work involved acting in Cadbury v Darrell Lea, and continuing to advise longstanding client Microsoft on its enforcement of copyright and trade mark rights against piracy and other misuse”.
Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007-2008
Our intellectual property lawyers combine in-depth advisory and litigation skills in patent, trade mark and copyright law. Our litigators, patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys and lawyers possess both qualifications and industry experience across sectors such as information technology, computer science, e-commerce, food and beverage, communications, marketing and advertising, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.