|
|
Academic Qualifications:
| - Master of Laws in Intellectual Property – The University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Laws – Monash University
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology – Monash University
|
|
|
|
|
Experience:
| Chris has significant experience in Australian and international trade mark law and manages the trade mark portfolios for many large national and multi-national companies. Chris provides advice on brand selection, clearance searches, registration, infringement, enforcement, as well as related issues under consumer protection laws, passing off and copyright. Chris has conducted numerous trade mark oppositions and non-use actions before the Australian Trade Marks Office and the Federal Court of Australia. His practice also encompasses domain name dispute resolution.
A registered trade mark attorney, Chris joined Griffith Hack in 1994 and became a principal of the firm in 2000. He regularly presents seminars on intellectual property issues to professional organisations, industry and university groups.
|
|
|
|
Professional Affiliations:
| - Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia – member
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand – member
- International Trade Mark Association – member
- Law Institute of Victoria – member
- The Victorian Society for Computers & the Law – member
|
|
|
|
Specialisations:
| - Trade Mark Oppositions
- Trade Mark Non-Use & Revocation
- Trade Mark Dispute Resolution
- Trade Mark Strategising
- Trade Mark Audits
- Trade Mark Licensing
- Trade Mark Watching
|
|
| 
| - Trade Mark Searching & Clearance
- Trade Mark Registration & Prosecution
- International Trade Mark Protection
- Domain Name Registration & Transactions
- Domain Name Dispute Resolution
- Trade Mark Portfolio Management
|
|
|
|
|
|
| - Trade Practices Law
- Passing Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
