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- Advertising, Marketing and Trade Promotions
- Commercialisation and Licensing
- Confidential Information
- Copyright and Designs
- Domain Name Disputes
- Franchising
- Geographical Indications
- Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation
- Misleading Conduct and Passing Off
- Patents
- Therapeutic Goods Regulation and Advertising
- Trade Marks and Branding
- Food Law
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- Whistleblowers and Internal Investigations
- Regulatory Investigations
- Antibribery and Corruption
- White Collar Crime and Fraud
- Royal Commissions, Inquiries and Prosecutions
- Reputation Risk Advisory
- Anti-Money Laundering and Regulatory Compliance
- Forensic Technology Investigations
- Ethics and Compliance
- Sanctions and Export Controls
- Trade Investigations
- Workplace Investigations
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- Commercial Disputes
- Investigations and Inquiries
- Class Actions
- Projects and Construction Contentious
- Defamation
- Insolvency and Financial Services Disputes
- Employment Disputes
- Cyber Security
- Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation
- White Collar Crime and Fraud
- Board Advisory
- Tax Controversy
- Insurance
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- Anti-bribery and Corruption
- Competition/Antitrust Advice and Compliance
- Cyber Security
- Data and Privacy
- Environmental Compliance
- Ethics and Compliance
- Financial Services Regulation and Superannuation
- Merger Clearance
- Anti-Money Laundering and Regulatory Compliance
- Sanctions and Export Controls
- Scam Mitigation, Litigation and Compliance
Kate specialises in the field of intellectual property, especially patent litigation, including oppositions.
She has advised on a number of high-stakes, industry-changing legal disputes and has a record of success in patent cases involving a broad range of technologies. These include biologic therapeutics, synthetic compounds, vaccines, genetics, medical devices, FMCG, encrypted technology, mining and green energy.
Kate has worked for global organisations in Australia and United Kingdom, advising on patent law internationally. Kate’s clients are predominantly multinational companies running parallel proceedings in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.
Kate has tertiary degrees in chemistry and molecular biology and has studied in Australia and the United States. She has also conducted research in the industry as an inventor, having developed and commercialised a nano-particulate formulation to protect plants from overexposure to the sun (a plant ‘sunscreen’).