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Oct 23, 2017

James Skel­ton named 2017 Aus­tralian Young Lawyer of the Year by The Law Coun­cil of Australia

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has tak­en out the 2017 Aus­tralian Young Lawyer Award.  James spe­cialis­es in the areas of com­mer­cial, intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty and tech­nol­o­gy law at Swaab Attor­neys and won the 2017 Lawyers Week­ly ​“30 Under 30” Award for com­mer­cial law in Aus­tralia and was pre­vi­ous­ly a final­ist in the 201…

Jul 28, 2017

James Skel­ton has been announced as a ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ final­ist in the Lawyers Week­ly Aus­tralian Law Awards

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has been announced as a final­ist in the ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ cat­e­go­ry of the Aus­tralian Law Awards 2017. Now in its 17th year, the annu­al Lawyers Week­ly Aus­tralian Law Awards cel­e­brates legal pro­fes­sion­als across 34 cat­e­gories from the most senior ranks to its ris­ing stars.We…

Jun 26, 2017

James Skel­ton wins 2017 30 Under 30 award for Commercial

Con­grat­u­la­tions to James Skel­ton who has been announced as a win­ner in the com­mer­cial cat­e­go­ry of the Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 awards for 2017. James is one of 30 young guns recog­nised as the best young tal­ent in the Aus­tralian legal pro­fes­sion. Each can­di­date was judged on their sub­mis­sion of work…

Jun 22, 2017

Swaab launch­es fixed fee IP Dis­cov­ery service

PRo­tect­ing your great­est asset: your busi­ness reputation IP Discovery The rep­u­ta­tion of your busi­ness may be the most valu­able asset it pos­sess­es. That rep­u­ta­tion is the face you present to the mar­ket in your com­mer­cial names, brands and pro­mo­tion­al mate­r­i­al. In intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty terms your busi­ness rep­u­ta­tion can be spec­i­fied as your…

May 9, 2017

James Skel­ton has been announced as a Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 finalist!

James Skel­ton has been announced as a Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 final­ist. The Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 Awards recog­nise young lawyers striv­ing for pro­fes­sion­al excel­lence with­in their spe­cif­ic prac­tice areas.  The Lawyers Week­ly 30 Under 30 is an excit­ing awards pro­gram that iden­ti­fies the best young lawyers across Aus­tralia. Achiev­ing…

Sep 5, 2016

IPFront­line fea­tures James Skelton

Dai­ly intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty news site, IPFront­line has this week fea­tures James Skel­ton’s recent arti­cle on the impor­tance of qual­i­ty con­trol pro­vi­sions. Read the full arti­cle here.…

Jul 18, 2016

James Skel­ton, ​‘Young Gun of the Year’ finalist 

James Skel­ton, Solic­i­tor in the IP team has been announced as a Young Gun of the Year final­ist in the 16th Annu­al Lawyers Week­ly Law Awards. The Young Gun of the Year award recog­nis­es out­stand­ing per­for­mance by an indi­vid­ual who has recent­ly com­menced their legal prac­tice and is open to any…

Jul 6, 2015

Swaab Attor­neys expands Com­mer­cial and IP & Tech­nol­o­gy team

Swaab Attor­neys has appoint­ed IP Lawyer Eric Ziehlke as part­ner in its IP & Tech­nol­o­gy team. Eric joins Swaab from Chrysil­iou IP, where he has worked as a part­ner for the last 10 years ser­vic­ing a broad range of com­mer­cial clients, both local and inter­na­tion­al. Eric also brings the ben­e­fit of over 20 years of…

May 11, 2015

James Skel­ton announced final­ist in Lawyers Week­ly 30 under 30 awards

Swaab IP & Tech­nol­o­gy lawyer, James Skel­ton, has been announced a final­ist in the 2015 Lawyers Week­ly 30 under 30 awards in the Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty category. Now in its third year, ​‘30 Under 30’ sta­tus has been a spring­board for career pro­gres­sion for many young lawyers, giv­ing indus­try-wide recog­ni­tion for pro­fes­sion­al com­pe­tence while high­light­ing…

Jul 14, 2014

Swaab senior asso­ciate Susan Walsh fea­tured in Smart­com­pa­ny on Apple’s trademark

Swaab senior asso­ciate, Susan Walsh, has fea­tured in a Smart­Com­pa­ny arti­cle cov­er­ing Apple’s right to trade­mark its flag­ship store design in Europe. In the arti­cle, Susan high­lights the dif­fer­ences in Aus­trali­a’s trade­mark régime and what hur­dles com­pa­nies have to over­come if they wish to trade­mark a store lay­out in Australia. > Read the article…