Safeguarding your creativity
Axis Legal
What we do

Our main areas of practice are:

Intellectual Property

Axis Legal can assist with the management of your IP portfolio from the implementation stage through to legal enforcement.

We have extensive expertise in the commercialisation of your IP through registration, licensing, joint ventures, distribution, merchandising and franchising, as well as conducting IP audits and the acquisition or sale of IP assets.

Information Technology

We have experience with various IT contracts such as licensing, distribution and reseller agreements, outsourcing, website development, software development, IT consulting services, maintenance agreements and GITCs.

Domain Names

Axis Legal can assist with the registration, maintenance and protection of domain names globally via official dispute resolution procedures in Australia as well as internationally.

Media, Marketing and Advertising

We have experience in:

  • celebrity endorsement
  • sponsorship and merchandising agreements
  • trade promotions
  • agreements with advertising, sales promotion, marketing and design agencies as well as contractors
  • non-disclosure agreements
  • defamation advice
  • compliance with laws specific to consumers (such as advertising copy clearance, labeling and advertising, trade practices, SPAM and Privacy Act issues)

Dispute Resolution/Litigation

  • Intellectual property: we are skilled in civil litigation and criminal prosecutions in respect of trade marks, patents, designs, trade secrets and copyright disputes. Our enforcement skills also extend to anti-piracy/anti-counterfeiting.
  • Trade practices: we are often asked to assist with resolving disputes relating to advertising, misleading or deceptive conduct and compliance issues.
  • Media and defamation: we act for various individuals and companies in the media sector including magazine publishers, advertising and 'new media' service providers.
  • Communications and technology: we act in disputes relating to technology solutions and applications, including regulatory issues.