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Mary Padbury - Blake Dawson
Mary Padbury has been a partner of Blake Dawson since 1989. In 1985-86 she worked on secondment with the London IP firm, Bristows. Mary Padbury served as the firm’s resident partner in London from 2000-2002. Mary Padbury was an Executive Partner from 2003 to 2005 with management responsibility for the firm’s Melbourne Office and intellectual property, patent, competition and corporate practices. Mary became the firm’s Chairman in July 2005.
Mary Padbury has undertaken intellectual property litigation and the negotiation and documentation of agreements for the development, licensing and transfer of technology for Australian and multinational corporations, governments, statutory corporations and universities and research institutes. Clients acted for include Wyeth, Rolex, BASF, ICI, FIFA and Monsanto.
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- 19 Apr 2008 / 07:02 AM
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Peter Chalk - Blake Dawson
Peter Chalk practises in all fields of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property law. He is an experienced intellectual property litigator, particularly for patents and copyright, and has acted in intellectual property litigation in Victoria, New South Wales and England. Throughout his career, Peter Chalk has represented many international intellectual property owners in litigation in a number of jurisdictions.
On the non-contentious side, Peter Chalk regularly advises on matters such as freedom to operate opinions, patent extension of term, intellectual property licensing issues, research and development agreements, brand enforcement and anti-counterfeiting and intellectual property audits and due diligences. As one of the leaders of the firm’s trade marks practice, Peter Chalk also oversees the Australian and worldwide trade mark portfolios of a number of Australian and international clients.
From 1999 to 2001, Peter Chalk was seconded to the leading London intellectual property firm, Bristows. Peter Chalk’s experience also includes working as in-house intellectual property counsel for a major multinational FMCG sector company, advising on a wide range of matters including international intellectual property litigation, international trade mark portfolio management issues, domain name disputes, advertising and promotional matters, international cable and satellite television broadcasting arrangements, advertising media production, IT contracting arrangements and anti-counterfeiting measures. Peter’s combination of inhouse experience and work in the court system offers clients a unique combination of practical legal and commercial insight. This background means he is able to “get things done”.
Peter Chalk is regarded as “One of the most highly-acclaimed legal experts in the area of Intellectual Property in the Asia-Pacific region” – AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey, 2006. Peter Chalk is consistently named as a leading individual for intellectual property, most recently in AsiaLaw Profiles, 2007, International Who’s Who of Trademarks Lawyers 2007, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Trademarks Lawyers, 2007 and Best Lawyers International 2008: Australia. Peter Chalk was also recently named as a “Best Lawyer” for intellectual property in Australia.
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- 19 Apr 2008 / 06:55 AM
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