Intellectual Property - New Zealand
What the Team is Known For
Duncan Cotterill acts for clients on a range of IP matters including brand clearance and IP enforcement, as well as marketing. The practice provides expertise in both contentious and non-contentious matters. As well as acting for local and international corporate clients, the team provides a broad range of experience in market sectors such as banking and financial services, manufacturing and software licensing.
Strengths
"Duncan Cotterill are responsive and clear with their advice, and their prices are very reasonable."
"Information they provide is always transparent and broken down to ensure non-legal experts can understand."
Work Highlights
Duncan Cotterill advised the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Science, a Crown research institute, on the IP and trade mark of RiskScape, a software platform that processes data inputs to determine the economic losses likely from a range of natural hazard events.
Notable Practitioners
Michael Moyes focusses on contentious and non-contentious trade mark issues, including licensing strategy and infringement proceedings. "Mike Moyes is very commercially aware and a great support to our business." "Mike has strong commercial awareness and vision for where our product could go."
