Services

At 17 Degrees,
We Value Transparency

At 17 degrees, we value transparency and predominantly work on a fixed fee model.

Clients simply hate the “billable hour”. It confuses costs with lawyers and upsets the budgets for certain projects or matters. 17 degrees uses up to date technology to accurately estimate the time involved in certain projects. We can easily fix our costs to suit your budget and provide certainty in your legal spend. This eliminates unbudgeted hourly rates and back-and-forth negotiations with our clients on costs. Costs are agreed before we undertake a job or project.

Our Services

Secure your brand identity and Intellectual Property Rights.

Undertake comprehensive trade mark clearance searches to check the availability and registrability of your new brand.
Prepare and file trade mark applications in Australia and globally.
Effortlessly, handle trade mark objections and examination issues raised by IP Australia or around the world.
Advise on IP disputes or oppositions.
Appear in the Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court or Supreme Court of Australia in IP infringement cases.
Work with some of Australia’s best IP Barristers in high states litigation matters.

Renewals

Trade mark monitoring

Use of state-of-the-art IP asset management tools to generate detailed IP audit reports.
Use of AI machine learning software to optimise trade mark monitoring and detect potential infringements.
Transparent consultation and reporting on health of clients’ trade marks to reduce likelihood of major disputes.

Brand selection and trade mark searching

Access to global brand databases to check trade mark availability in markets worldwide.
Advise clients on relevant classes and categories in which to secure IP assets based on product, brand assets and needs.
Provide clients with practical, custom roadmaps to securing, maintaining and building on valuable IP assets.
Provide clearance searches to see future potential issues.
Advise on the registrability of your new trade mark.
We can search your trade marks in minutes not days or weeks.

Patents

Advise on requirements to register a patent.
Provide high level patentability advice.
Provide strategic patent advice.
Work with some of the worlds’ top patent attorneys in the drafting and filing of patent applications.
Manage global patent portfolios.
Conduct in-depth patent database searches including full sweep of the internet and international patent databases, WIPO and PCT databases.
Undertake legal action as necessary to oppose or defend infringements.

Trade Secrets

Draft confidentiality agreements, NDAs for employees and contractors to protect commercially valuable information and trade secrets from being disclosed to third parties.
Take steps necessary to prevent the unauthorised acquisition, use or disclosure of secret information.
Advise on establishing robust info-data practices for managing trade secrets.
Consult on protecting the accessibility of important documents and data.

Confidentiality

Draft legal contracts including NDAs and confidentiality agreements to protect assets such as ideas, inventions, designs, methods, formulas, algorithms, business practises, data, recipes and business methods or processes.
Engage in legal proceedings to prevent disclosure of confidential information.

Litigation and dispute resolution

Provide expert legal advice and representation in IP disputes.
Prepare and file Applications, Statements of Claim, or Defence in IP disputes in court or a tribunal.
Prepare Evidence in Support or Reply in IP Disputes.
Offer other negotiation services to reach a commercial settlement, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) including mediation, arbitration and conciliation, and external dispute resolution such as ombudsman services.
Appear in district and federal court on matters relating to Intellectual Property disputes including the Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, or IP Australia trade mark hearings.

Commercial

Conduct IP Audits.
Advise on Mergers or Acquisitions of IP.
Prepare Valuation statements of IP with the assistance of external Accounting experts.
Assist with the commercialisation of Intellectual Property such as merges and acquisition of assets, drafting license agreements, distribution agreements or other assignments of IP.
Working with associates in evaluation of IP for commercial purposes or litigation.
Assist in the sale of IP.
Prepare Deeds of Assignments and recordal of IP assignments globally.

Exclusive brand ambassador, influencer and agent management

Brand and asset management and legal representation of commercial clients including influencers, chefs, brand ambassadors, and celebrities.
Draft contracts that safeguard the client’s brand assets, privacy and personal IP.
Negotiate employment contracts and business deals to maintain the protection of IP throughout the engagement period and beyond.
Ensure clients are properly remunerated when engaging in partnership deals and that all personal brand assets remain their own.
Manage portfolio of IP and provide regular communication on the health of these assets.
Engage in any necessary legal action or disputes to protect individuals and their brands.

Global trade mark portfolio management

Comprehensive trade mark searches to check the availability of your new brand in global markets.
Prepare and file trade mark applications in over 120 countries and regions.
Navigate updates to IP Law and address any roadblocks to trade mark registration in multiple countries.
Management of WIPO and IP Office fee payments.

Contract Negotiation and Licensing

Advise on IP ownership, employee IP, and termination of employees for IP misconduct.
Contract negotiation services to advise on contracts with existing or future stakeholders and employers of commercial talent.
Draft and review licensing agreements including employment terms, confidentiality, privacy and IP clauses.
Negotiating the settlement of disputes.
Negotiate sponsorship and brand abassador agreements.
Negotiate for brand influencers and licensing terms.

Intellectual Asset and Property Management

Benefits

Benefits to Trademark Registration

You are deemed the absolute owner of the trade mark.
Creates a distinctive and registrable brand for your business.
Registration can stop others from using or registering an identical or similar trade mark.
Enables you to license the brand to others for a royalty or fee.
Sell the trade mark like normal property.
Assign the trade mark to another company.
Registration deters others from using a similar or identical trade mark.
Trade Mark Registration creates an asset for your business.
Supports the goodwill in the business.

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At 17 Degrees, We Value Transparency