Presenters

Blake Carey, Senior Associate, AJ Park Law
Blake is a member of the Commercial and Litigation team based out of AJ Park Law’s Wellington office.  Blake holds a First-Class Honours Law degree, and a BA from the University of Canterbury. Blake's role involves advising clients on a range of IP matters including trade marks, copyright, and consumer law.  While specialising in dispute resolution, Blake also has experience drafting and negotiating long-term trade mark licences, as well as enterprise software agreements (particularly software-as-a-service). In 2024 Blake was named a Rising Star by NZ Lawyer in recognition of his legal expertise, commercial acumen, and client service. Prior to joining AJ Park, Blake worked at Chapman Tripp in the Commercial Technology team, and then as an in-house counsel for Z Energy Limited, New Zealand’s largest fuel distributor. Blake has an active interest in the intersection of IP law and indigenous rights.  His most recent article on this topic, “How is traditional Māori knowledge recognised within New Zealand’s IP system?” can be found on the AJ Park website. Blake frequently publishes commentary in the IP space and was named Lexology Legal Influencer Q3: 2023 in IP – Australasia.


Dr Victoria Argyle, Special Counsel, AJ Park Law
Victoria brings to the litigation team at AJ Park a unique blend of scientific expertise and legal acumen. She holds a PhD in inorganic chemistry, a bachelor’s degree in law, and is a registered patent attorney. Utilising her science background, Victoria particularly enjoys learning about new and emerging technologies, and assisting clients in resolving patent related disputes. This can include challenging a competitor’s patent in New Zealand or overseas or working with clients to defend or enforce their patent rights. Prior to joining AJ Park, Victoria served as an employed barrister at Andrew Brown KC, where she acted as Junior Counsel on patent opposition and revocation matters, and trade mark opposition matters. Her role included providing general patent advice concerning possible infringement and regulatory matters, assisting clients with filing and prosecuting trade mark applications through to acceptance, maintaining trade mark registrations, and providing advice to clients concerning copyright, the Fair Trading Act and passing off. Prior to this, Victoria worked as a Patent Attorney at Baldwins (now AJ Park) in the Chembio team, giving her experience in the prosecution of patent applications through to acceptance and grant. Contributing to the IP industry, Victoria is a committee member for the New Zealand Intellectual Property Association (NZIPA) and New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) IP.


Jennifer Campion, Senior Lecturer, Te Piringa, Faculty of Law, University of Waikato
Jennifer's research interests are in property law, especially land law and intellectual property law, and extend to energy, climate and natural resources law. Jennifer is particularly interested in copyright law and is the University of Waikato Copyright Officer and the Waikato member of Universities New Zealand’s Copyright Experts Working Group. In 2023, Jennifer was appointed a member of the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal.