JANE MONTGOMERY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYER AND NOTARY PUBLIC
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Experience and legal services




General intellectual property advice
  • Identifying intellectual property assets and ownership of those assets.
  • Advising on options and methods for protecting intellectual property, including patents.
  • Advising on appropriate structures to hold and manage intellectual property.
  • Advising in relation to commercialisation of intellectual property.
  • Drafting and reviewing assignments of intellectual property.
  • Drafting and reviewing licences of intellectual property.
  • Checking specific clauses in agreements from an intellectual property perspective.
  • Checking designs, plans, advertisements and other promotional material for possible infringement of third party rights, the Fair Trading Act or other legislation.

Licensing
  • Advising on methods and options for commercialising intellectual property.
  • Drafting appropriate agreements including licences 

Trade mark advice
  • Trade mark selection, availability (New Zealand and overseas) and use advice, including trade mark searches.
  • Filing trade mark applications and completing to registration.
  • Drafting and reviewing trade mark licences.
  • Drafting trade mark assignments and recording assignments with the relevant trade mark office.
  • Managing national and international trade mark portfolios.
  • Advising on branding strategies.
  • Bringing and defending Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand trade mark opposition and rectification proceedings.

Technology advice
  • Drafting and reviewing software and technology licences
  • Drafting distribution agreements
  • Drafting associated agreements

Disputes
  • Advising on potential infringements by third parties
  • Advising on claims from third parties of infringement of rights
  • Advising on disputes over ownership of intellectual property rights, including domain name disputes 
  • Bringing and defending proceedings, including interim injunction applications

Food and beverage
  • Product standards
  • Recipe and method protection
  • Labelling
  • Health claims
  • Advertising and marketing campaigns 
  • Brand protection and enforcement

Publishing
  • Publishing agreements
  • Publishing and rights negotiations

​Professional history

2003-present: Sole practice as a barrister
1998-2003: Buddle Findlay (Christchurch) Senior Associate, specialising in intellectual property and technology
1992-1998: Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co (Auckland) Senior Solicitor, Intellectual Property & Technology Group

Recognised for intellectual property expertise by inclusion in the Best Lawyers in New Zealand guide published by Bestlawyers.com over several years including in the current 12th edition.