Simon Gapes is a lawyer and trade marks attorney based in Melbourne.
Simon specialises in trade marks with a practice that spans both contentious and non-contentious trade mark work, including:
- Global trade mark portfolio management and brand protection strategies, including trade mark clearance and adoption advice;
- Australia, New Zealand and international trade mark filing and prosecution;
- Prosecuting and defending trade mark opposition and removal actions in Australia, New Zealand and internationally;
- Trade mark infringement advice and representation;
- Drafting and negotiating worldwide consent, coexistence and settlement agreements;
- Domain name portfolio management and advising on domain name availability;
- Prosecuting and defending domain name disputes including through the auDA, the UDRP and the NZ DNC;
- Advising on Customs and border protection;
- Providing trade mark and branding training to in-house legal and marketing teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws – Victoria University of New Zealand (2005)
- Bachelor of Arts – Victoria University of New Zealand (2005)
- Registered Trade Mark Attorney (2014)
