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Christopher Young
MinterEllisonRuddWatts · New Zealand
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Intellectual Property · New Zealand
Christopher Young leads the intellectual property practice at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts and advises on a wide range of IP work (refer below). He has been actively involved in IPSANZ, LESANZ, INTA for many years (currently on INTA’s Famous Marks Committee). Christopher Young has been consistently named as a leading individual in legal guides including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, and Asia Pacific Legal 500.
Our firm has a dedicated IP practice and a leading team. We advise on all aspects of IP work, except patent registration, being best known for:
- Commercialisation of IP, including structuring, licensing, using IP as security, IP financing, and effective tax structures.
- Branding strategy, trade mark registration and portfolio management.
- IP aspects of major corporate transactions, including IP due diligence, preparing practical commercial due diligence reports, and dealing with IP in commercial transactions, including negotiating IP aspects of sale and purchase contracts and licensing resulting from the transaction (mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers, licensing, joint ventures, development agreements, and capital raisings).
- IP dispute resolution and litigation including trade mark, copyright, Fair Trading Act, passing-off, confidential information.
- Marketing and advertising.
- Film and related advisory work.
- IP relating to major sporting events. IP forms a significant part of our sports law practice.
IP is often an important asset both strategically and in a value context in corporate transactions. We work closely with other specialists in our firm providing comprehensive and pragmatic IP advice including on the IP aspects of corporate structuring, capital raising, taxation, human resources, securitisation, transactions, commercial contracts, compliance, dispute resolution and litigation.
Our full-service IP practice can provide practical advice and strategy on IP throughout its lifecycle. We advise on the creation, acquisition, commercialisation, protection and enforcement of IP rights. It is often important to take a pragmatic approach and focus protection on key IP assets (i.e. those important strategically or that drive value and revenue).
Our IP team is differentiated as our firm has a specialist IP practice within a large NZ law firm that is part of an Australasian / international practice. We have a wide global network of trade mark associates. Through our connections we can assist clients to implement an effective and efficient international registration/enforcement strategy for IP.
New Zealand has recently acceded to the Madrid Protocol. From 10 December 2012 trade mark applicants can designate New Zealand in their international trade mark applications, and New Zealand businesses will be able to file international trade mark applications. We can assist overseas practitioners to assess and overcome objections raised by the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office.
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