Intellectual Property
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
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+61 2 9286 8007Chambers Review
DLA Piper LLP has a respected offering whose Chinese and Australian teams are in high demand. The firm advises on issues including data protection, franchising and commercial contracts as well as brand and patent prosecution and litigation. The team enjoys an especially strong following of clients in the media, entertainment and life sciences industries. It regularly receives IP mandates from multinational companies in the food and retail sectors and also maintains strong strategic alliances with firms in India, Malaysia and Myanmar. It is a counsel of choice for multinational pharmaceutical companies with intellectual property law needs.
Nick Tyacke is a key contact for clients in Sydney. Horace Lam and Edward Chatterton are the key contacts for the China IP practice, based in Beijing and Hong Kong respectively.
Work Highlights
- DLA Piper continued to advise HSBC on a range of trade mark and brand protection matters across Asia, including trade mark prosecution, opposition, enforcement and dispute matters, as well as portfolio management.
- DLA Piper represented Global Retail Brands Australia in Federal Court of Australia proceedings in relation to alleged trade mark infringement, breaches of the Australian Consumer Law and passing off.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The DLA team has demonstrated very strong problem-solving capability based on both reasoning and commercial sensibility."
"DLA Piper have a detail-oriented team. They have a tendency to ask the right kind of questions, which makes for an efficient process."
"The DLA team has demonstrated very strong problem-solving capability based on both reasoning and commercial sensibility."
"DLA Piper have a detail-oriented team. They have a tendency to ask the right kind of questions, which makes for an efficient process."