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Need clear, strategic commercial law advice? We offer services across the full spectrum of contract and general commercial law to ensure your business operates smoothly.

Our services include drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of contracts including supply, distribution, terms of use, terms of supply of goods and services, confidentiality, and collaboration agreements.

We understand you don’t want to delay a new customer or a cost-saving from a new supplier, but that your business needs an appropriate balance of risk. We help you understand your rights and obligations, manage risk, and secure terms that align with your commercial objectives.

We also assist with contract disputes, business governance, and regulatory compliance.

We provide commercially focused franchise and licensing law services for both franchisors and franchisees. We have deep expertise in franchise systems in Australia, and provide practical advice while ensuring compliance with the Franchising Code.

Australia has one of the most regulated franchising legislation, so it is imperative to ensure appropriate documentation and compliance. We offer preparation of franchise agreements, disclosure documents, and other key franchise documentation. Our services extend to reviewing franchise documents for prospective franchisees and negotiating fair franchise agreements to ensure a prosperous investment.

We also can assist in franchise disputes, including breaches of the Franchising Code, franchise agreements, and disclosure obligations.

Beyond franchising, we also advise on broader licensing and commercialisation agreements, including brand and IP licensing, technology and software licence agreements, manufacturing and distribution contracts, and strategic collaborations.

We advise businesses on all aspects of Australian Consumer Law (ACL), helping you navigate obligations with confidence and avoid non-compliance. Our services cover misleading or deceptive conduct, unfair contract terms, consumer guarantees, food safety, product safety, recalls, and mandatory reporting obligations. We also advise on sector-specific legislation including the Therapeutic Goods Act and Therapeutic Goods Regulations, including advertising restrictions, product claims, labelling, and TGA approval pathways for therapeutic goods, cosmetics, supplements, and wellness products.

We can help you with reviewing product claims, packaging, labelling, warranties, promotional materials, terms and conditions, product safety issues and recalls, and responding to the ACCC or TGA enquiries. Whether you’re launching a new product, scaling a consumer brand, or operating in a regulated industry, we provide clear, strategic advice to keep your business compliance, competitive and trusted among consumers.

We have extensive experience advising businesses on legal and regulatory requirements in marketing and advertising across various industries, including FMCG, food and beverage, therapeutic goods, and retail and hospitality. We aim to enable marketing teams to release innovative campaigns and packaging confidently while remaining compliant.

Our services equip marketing teams to reduce unnecessary regulatory and reputational risk by advising on the ACL, direct marketing legislation including the Spam Act and Do Not Call Register, privacy law, and applicable industry codes such as the AANA Code of Ethics, AANA Children’s Advertising Code, AANA Environmental Claims Code, Ad Standards determinations, and the Influencer Marketing Code of Practice.

We review advertising claims, disclaimers, comparative advertising, influencer and creator content, and promotional competitions and trade promotions. We can assist with drafting and negotiating marketing, sponsorship, influencer and creative services agreements.

The first step to securing your trade mark is ensuring it is available for use and registration. We can search the Australian Trade Marks Register and other databases (like domain names and business name registers) to make sure no one is already using the same or similar trade mark.

Clearance searches identify prior trade marks that might prevent your trade mark being registered. They can also help avoid accidental trade mark infringement. If you don’t get a clearance search and you find out later down the track that you are infringing someone else’s rights, you can be up for an expensive rebrand.

We can file your trade mark application in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. Using a professional to file a trade mark helps ensure it is filed in the correct name and for the right goods and services. It also saves you the time of learning about the complex considerations and filing process.

Mistakes made when self-filing can be expensive and sometimes can’t be fixed. IP Australia does not refund government filing fees for mistakes, and trade marks can’t easily be changed once an application is lodged.

Self-filers often receive adverse reports. An adverse report is issued by IP Australia if there is a reason the application cannot yet be accepted. If you self-filed and receive an adverse report, we can review it at no cost and provide you with recommendations and a quote to overcome the issue. Overcoming adverse reports is our bread and butter. Most adverse reports raise minor issues that a skilled professional can easily resolve at low cost to you.

Has someone opposed your trade mark application after it was accepted by IP Australia? We can help you through the process.

Are you concerned about a trade mark application that IP Australia has accepted that you think conflicts with your brand? We can help you oppose their application.

Sometimes, a third party may challenge your trade mark registration by filing a non-use action. A quick response to a non-use application is vital to ensure you keep your trade mark. We can help you prepare for the process and advise you on avenues to resolve the issue commercially.

Have you come across someone infringing your brand? Or have you received a cease and desist letter alleging you are infringing a third party trade mark? We can represent you in these matters, including writing to the other party, negotiating a resolution, and preparing settlement agreements. We pride ourselves on taking a commercial approach to resolve trade mark infringement disputes to ensure a fair outcome. We get that it’s important to protect your brand while minimising costs.

We provide practical, commercially driven advice on all aspects of copyright law. We ensure businesses can protect, commercialise and enforce their creative and digital assets with confidence. Our services include advising on copyright ownership, licensing, and commercial use of creative works, copyright and content-related contracts, and copyright infringement disputes. We can help you navigate copyright considerations in advertising and marketing, food and beverage packaging, digital content and social media, software, design, brand development, and architecture.