Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Chair
Joanna Lawrence, Partner, Ashurst Australia; Leading Non-Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyers, Doyle’s List 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPE Hour in Trade Marks
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Recent Decisions in the Court and Trade Marks Office
A status update on the latest decisions with lessons learned and critical factors, including:
- 'Oro' (Cantarella v Lavazza)
- Trends in opposition and infringement matters
- Non-use under section 92
Presented by Tim Burn-Francis, Barrister, List G Barristers
Presenters
Joanna Lawrence, Partner, Mills OakleyJoanna Lawrence is a leading intellectual property lawyer and Partner at Mills Oakley, advising clients on trade marks, brand protection, commercialisation and IP disputes. She acts for businesses across a broad range of industries on the protection and enforcement of valuable intellectual property assets, with particular expertise in contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters. Joanna is recognised in Doyle’s Guide for Contentious Intellectual Property and is ranked in the prestigious World Trademark Review 1000 Guide for both Prosecution & Strategy and Enforcement & Litigation.
Tim Burn-Francis, Barrister, List G Barristers
Tim Burn-Francis practises in all areas of commercial litigation, with a particular focus on intellectual property, media and entertainment law. Tim is briefed in a variety of complex commercial matters, including intellectual property disputes, opposition hearings, defamation proceedings, and contractual disputes. He has represented clients in the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts of Victoria and New South Wales, a confidential arbitration under the ACICA Rules and before IP Australia. Prior to coming to the Bar, Tim was a solicitor at specialist intellectual property and entertainment firm, Simpsons, and worked in the intellectual property and trade mark prosecution teams at Herbert Smith Freehills. At both Simpsons and HSF, he acted on some of Australia’s most recent high profile intellectual property and entertainment industry cases. Tim holds a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.
