Intellectual Property & Technology

Information Technology

“The IT side of the practice boasts ‘highly motivated, high-quality people’- ‘strategic thinkers’ for whom ‘nothing is too much trouble’.”

Chambers Global Guide 2004-2005

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

“…many agreed with one client's assessment that ‘there are very few firms in Australia with the expertise to handle complex issues with global ramifications, and Mallesons is one of them’."

Chambers Global Guide 2004-2005

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.