Saturday, 7 March 2026
Early Bird Discount ends 19 Dec 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Current Hot Topics – IP and Consumer Law Issues for Your Organisation
- New product launches
- Lookalike products: law of unfair competition?
- IP licensing: tips and watch outs
- Business sale: your IP assets and confidential information
- Navigating new media IP opportunities and challenges for brand owners including AI and influencer marketing
- Consumer law issues: latest trends and cases
Presented by Alison Jones, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Presenters
Alison Jones, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers WestgarthAlison is a Special Counsel at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia’s leading independent law firm and practises in IP, competition and consumer law, entertainment law and related areas. Alison has expertise across a broad range of areas, including IP protection and enforcement, commercialisation (including licensing, distribution and sponsorship), advertising collateral, complaints and disputes, industry ethics, competition and consumer law, anti-bribery, anti-counterfeiting, confidential information, cross-border transactions, contract drafting and due diligence. She advises various leading companies on a range of regulatory issues including food law, cosmetics, life sciences and therapeutic goods regulation, trade, customs, administrative action, investigations, product liability and recalls, privacy and data protection. Alison has undertaken various client secondments in global companies at General Counsel level including a US headquartered pharmaceutical and life sciences company, a leading multinational FMCG company and a major global interactive marketing services company. She is a committee member of the IP Society of Australia and New Zealand (NSW), a member of the International Association for the Protection Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries, and is listed on the Register of Lawyers of the Ad Standards Industry Jury. Alison has also completed the Leadership Development Program through the NUS Business School Executive Education in Singapore.
