With over 25-years’ experience as a patent attorney in the engineering/ICT sector, Nick has helped
numerous clients achieve commercially beneficial ownership and control of their IP, while mitigating against risks posed by competitors.

His work centres on protecting clients’ innovations in order to create valuable IP rights that are
difficult for their competitors to copy. This includes working with clients to develop intellectual
property strategies aligned with their commercial goals and taking steps to implement those
strategies such as drafting patent specifications, prosecuting patent applications, handling patent
oppositions, and reviewing competitor positions.

Nick has represented Australia’s largest filer of patent application for 15 years. He also has
considerable IP litigation experience and has worked on one of Australia’s largest pieces of IP
litigation for which involved over 20 patents. He helps clients to improve their position in advance of enforcement proceedings or, when defending clients, he identifies weaknesses in competitors’ IP positions with a view to finding a safe space to operate in.

Nick has an academic background in engineering and has worked with clients across diverse
technology areas including: telecommunications, medical devices, computer-implemented inventions, electronic gaming, data and signal processing, electronic instrumentation, control systems, solar technology, mechanical devices, sporting equipment, computer hardware and user interfaces.

For several years running Nick has been recognised as a leading patents practitioner by industry
publications including Managing Intellectual Property and IAM Patent 1000.

Mark is a Registered Australian Trade Mark Attorney and leads the James & Wells trade mark team in Australia. Mark specialises in both contentious and non-contentious trade mark work including trade mark clearance searching, infringement advice, filing and prosecution of trade mark applications, foreign trade mark filing and protection strategies and initiating and defending trade mark opposition and removal actions.

Mark has over 18-years’ experience in advising on complex branding and marking issues. Mark has
experience in managing a number of high profile trade mark portfolios for brands such as Smiggle,
Just Jeans, Jaguar, Land Rover, LG and Titleist. Mark also has experience in brand protection services, including working closely with the Australian Border Force to guard against the importation of infringing goods.

Prior to joining James & Wells, Mark has spent the last 30-years working for top-tier Australian
intellectual property firms in various roles.