Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD/CPE hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Understand ethical obligations in negotiations for trade mark and patent attorneys
- Identify common ethical pitfalls in client representation and conduct
Chair
Natalie Shoolman, Principal & Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Wrays; Best Lawyers Australia™ for Intellectual Property Law and Litigation, 2024, Recommended Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyers, Doyle’s Guide, 2024
Ethics: Code of Conduct for Trade Mark and Patent Attorneys
- Presenting your client’s case to an opposing side and negotiation - what are the ethical rules?
- Do typical tactics used in business negotiations conflict with your ethical obligations and the legal professional conduct rules?
- Where does danger lurk?
Presented by Lynne Lewis, Partner, Lewis Integrated Legal Services; Recommended Non-Contentious Intellectual Property Lawyer – NSW, Doyle’s Guide 2023; Key Lawyer, Intellectual Property, Legal 500 Australia
Presenters
Lynne Lewis, Partner, Lewis Integrated Legal Services
Lynne is an experienced and respected advisor in the area of intellectual property. She is particularly recognised for her work in trade marks, patents, copyright, breach of confidence and advertising litigation. Lynne specialises in litigation and commercial advice across a broad range of industries including, pharmaceutical; biotechnology; medical devices; fast moving consumer goods; automotive; aviation; fashion; food and beverages; financial services; energy and resources; and telecommunications industries.
Natalie Shoolman, Principal & Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Wrays
Natalie Shoolman is an experienced commercial litigator who specialises in intellectual property and technology litigation and the intersection between intellectual property and competition and consumer law. Natalie has been voted by her peers as one of Australia's Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law (Best Lawyers Australia 2019 - 2022), ranked by IAM Patent 1000 – Patent Litigation - Bronze (2021), recommended for patent litigation (2018) and recognised as a Rising Star (2020-2021) in Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars. She is considered to be one of Australia's leading "next generation" Intellectual Property lawyers (The Legal Asia-Pacific 500: 2017- 2019). With a First Class Honours degree in Science and a passion for innovation, Natalie has significant experience acting for and advising clients on all aspects of intellectual property law across a broad range of industries including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, software, telecommunications, government, clean energy, mining and FMCG. Natalie's practice includes patent infringement and revocation proceedings, patent oppositions, copyright, trade mark and design infringement, breach of confidence and consumer law disputes. Natalie has particular expertise in managing complex, multi-jurisdictional patent infringement and revocation proceedings and advising clients on ways to maximise the life of their patent portfolios.
