Kate Duckworth

Intellectual property lawyer, patent attorney and trade mark attorney helping businesses big and small maximise the value of their intellectual property.

Intellectual property is complex and riddled with misconceptions. I help my clients navigate the subtleties in a pragmatic and no nonsense way.

I help my clients by using 15 years of experience in intellectual property law to protect and enforce their intellectual property by offering:

• All types of intellectual property advice
• Dispute resolution
• Litigation
• Managing trade mark portfolios in New Zealand, Australia and throughout the world
• Branding strategy
• Trade mark filings in New Zealand, Australia and throughout the world
• Copyright advice
• Border protection measures (anti-counterfeiting)
• Major events management
• Confidential information and trade secret advice
• Domain name disputes
• Infringing file sharing
• Trade mark oppositions, invalidity and revocations
• Patent oppositions and invalidity
• Trade mark, copyright, design and patent infringement
• Proceedings before the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, IP Australia and the Courts
• Contract and agreement drafting including licences, sale and purchase agreements, confidentiality agreements, terms and conditions, ownership, transfer, research and development, sale and purchase, confidentiality, supply, distribution and manufacturing deals and agreements
• Providing second opinions
• Commercialisation of intellectual property

Get in touch to find out more information or to send me an enquiry – www.kateduckworth.co.nz.

Qualifications

Degrees: LLB LLM (Hons)
Admission to High Court: 2000

Contact

[Kate Duckworth Intellectual Property Limited]

Email: kate@kateduckworth.co.nz
Phone: 021774878
Mobile: 021774878
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Areas of practice

Commercial, Consumer and marketing, Intellectual property, Start-ups, Technology and media 

Languages spoken

English