Protecting brands

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About

Why this blog?

Because most people don’t understand how brand protection works, and how this is already a big part of our everyday lives.

This blog is for our clients – business owners, graphic designers, ad agencies, marketing managers and anyone who has a brand to protect.

With the help of the very talented Jane Brown, we are deliberately writing in plain English because there is way too much information published in legalese.

Leaving comments on this blog: Comments are encouraged. Constructive criticism is fine. Even destructive criticism is acceptable. But no racist or obscene comments, please, because they will not be approved.

About me

I am the principal of Choy Lawyers, which specialises in trade marks and copyright – mainly doing brand protection work.

Awards and recognition:

• Ranked as a Leading Lawyer for Australian Intellectual Property in Asialaw surveys every year since 2006

• Shortlisted in the top 10 for Asialaw Intellectual Property Awards 2006

• Listed in 2005/06 and 06/07 editions of Asia-Pacific Legal 500 for Intellectual Property

• “Highly Recommended” for Intellectual Property in Legal Profiles (Australia)

I have been a member of the Australian federal government’s Advisory Council on Intellectual Property. Choy Lawyers was awarded Best IP Law Firm at the Australian Law Awards 2005.

Some interviews:

Sydney Morning Herald 5 August 2010

Smart Company 20 July 2010

The Age 12 July 2010

Smart Company 7 July 2010

Crikey 1 July 2010

Sunrise (channel 7) 10 June 2010

Sydney Morning Herald 2 June 2010

Smart Company 18 May 2010

Smart Company 4 May 2010

Smart Company 14 April 2010

Sydney Morning Herald 12 March 2010

The Age 28 February 2010

Australian Legal Business 17 February 2010

The Age 5 February 2010

Sydney Morning Herald 2 December 2009

Law Institute Journal December 2009

The Age 20 November 2009

The Age 6 November 2009

The Morning Show 22 October 2009

Herald Sun 21 October 2009

Sydney Morning Herald 16 October 2009

Sydney Morning Herald 5 October 2009

The Vine 2 September 2009

The Australian 16 June 2009

• Desktop magazine April 2009

Sydney Morning Herald 6 March 2009

• ABC Radio National By Design 26 November 2008

The Age 21 October 2007

Your Business Success TV April 2007

ABC’s Catapault January 2007

The Age article 2 May 2006

The Star (Malaysia) 16 January 2006

•  ABC Television’s Business Daily with Robert Gottliebsen

About Choy Lawyers

Important: in order for us to focus on our existing clients, we only accept new clients by referral. If you don’t know one of our existing clients or friends, sorry, we are currently unable to help you.

Level 5, 410 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia

Phone: (03) 9602 1000
Fax: (03) 9600 4910

www.choylawyers.com.au

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  • 1 Jo Gilbert // Jul 16, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    Hi Trevor

    As the whole world seems to be trademarking anything and everything these days I find you can never know enough about IP and associated issues.

    This is really useful site/blog and will refer my clients and my RMIT Advertising and Swinburne Design students to it.

    Thanks for including me on your list of valued clients. It’s a relationship I also truly value after many years of sound advice and great service from Choy Lawyers.

    Kind regards

    Jo.

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