Events and Seminars

Deilvered by James & Wells

Protecting your intellectual property (IP) rights overseas is imperative for any business which trades or plans to trade outside of New Zealand. Having the appropriate registrations for trademarks, patents, designs and copyright in place is an essential part of any international expansion plan, and can avoid expensive difficulties further down the track.

Participants will learn how to leverage their Intellectual Property assets in a targeted clever way that takes into account your competitors, your product or service and available resources with specific references to Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Europe, China and Japan export markets.

• IP options overview
• Identifying IP issues in your business
• Third party and offshore partner interactions and issues
• Freedom to operate
• Key IP considerations around various market entry models
• IP market specific overviews -Australia, United States,  United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and China
• Putting together an IP strategy

Your presenter - Kate Wilson, Partner, James & Wells
A registered Patent Attorney , Kate has over twenty years experience in the intellectual property industry. She specialises in devising intellectual property strategies for New Zealand exporters, working with international portfolios coordinating the filing and prosecution of patent and design rights across many jurisdictions. 

Kate is the editor and instigator of the "Inventors' Guide to Success" publication, and is also a contributing author to Brookers' Intellectual Property on-line text and the Intellectual Property Guide for the Life Sciences in New Zealand prepared for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

Kate gives talks throughout the country to universities, research organisations, conferences and other businesses on intellectual patent strategy and is an honorary lecturer at the Waikato University.

On the personal side, Kate lives on a lifestyle block with her husband and two teenage children, is an enthusiastic amateur cook (having published her cookbook Platter Chatter), keen gardener and a very amateur artist."