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John Hannebery | Partner
B.Sc., LL.B., Grad.Dip.IP Law, Lawyer
Areas of Expertise
- IP Law
- Confidential Information
- Copyright
- Litigation
John's principal area of practice is intellectual property litigation. He also regularly provides advice in relation to all aspects of intellectual property rights and their enforcement. John is recognised as one of Australia's leading intellectual property lawyers and has recently been ranked in the top 20 Australian trade mark, copyright, and design litigation lawyers. He is a special lecturer for Patent Law and Commercialisation in the Queensland University of Technology's Master of Laws program. John joined the firm in 1994, becoming a partner in 2005.
He has more than 15 years extensive experience in the conduct of a variety of types of litigation involving intellectual property matters. In his practice he regularly acts in patent, copyright, design, trade mark and trade practices litigation in the Federal jurisdictions and he has considerable experience in major international patent litigation. He has a particular interest in pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology patent matters due to his science background. John acts on behalf of a range of clients which include small local businesses, government organisations and large multi-national corporations involved in all areas of technology and creative endeavour including sporting equipment, high end fashion, safety, pharmaceuticals, plastics, chemicals, building and construction and electronic consumer goods.
Affiliations and Memberships
- Member: Law Institute of Victoria
- Member: Law Council of Australia
- Member: International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
- Member: Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Member: Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
- Member: Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand
Qualifications
- Registered Trade Marks Attorney (Australia)
- Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, University of Melbourne
- Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and of the High Court of Australia
- Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry), University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne
John’s latest articles
TiVo successful in Australian trade mark dispute: "Vivo" held to be deceptively similar
In a decision that canvasses and helpfully clarifies many important aspects of Australian trade mark law - from deceptive… more »
UCP Gen Pharma's "Revasc" pharmaceutical trade mark to remain on register
On 15 March 2012, Justice Jessup of the Federal Court of Australia exercised his discretion to allow UCP Gen… more »
Full Court exercises its discretion to order removal of Wild Geese trade mark
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has recently overturned a decision to allow Lodestar's "Wild… more »
Articles about John
DCC attends BIO International Convention
The Bio International Convention is the world’s largest annual event for the biotechnology industry. The 2010… more »
DCC attends BIO2009 Conference
This year's BIO conference, themed “Heal, Fuel and Feed the World”, was held in Atlanta from17 to 22 May.… more »
