TONY BENNETT LL.M (Qld)
Director
 
 
  • Wills and Estate Administration
  • Business and Corporate Law
  • Securities
  • Commerce and Property
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
  • Trade Practices
  • Intellectual Property 

Qualifications
    LL.B (UQ)
    LL.M (Advocacy) (UQ)

 

Admission:                  1979 | Supreme Court of Queensland
                                    1979 | High Court of Australia
 
Experience
 
Tony’s experience as a solicitor extends over 28 years. He was previously a partner of a prominent Brisbane firm before he left to establish Hicks and Bennett with Joseph Hicks in 1984. In 1986 Ken Philp joined the firm and the firm changed its name to Bennett and Philp.
 
Tony heads the firm’s Intellectual Property practice alongside Ken. While his expertise lies predominantly in Intellectual Property, he has gained a wide breadth of experience allowing him to advise clients on matters associated with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law and Business and Corporate Law.
 
Tony presently deals with both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property cases. He provides advice to clients on patents, trade marks, copyright enforcement, passing off, registered design and design right law, misappropriation of trade secrets, new technology,
 R & D projects, infringement claims, protection and ownership, management and commercialisation, licensing, privacy compliance and tax efficient structuring of intellectual property rights.
 
His knowledge also extends to providing advice in relation to corporate deals, joint ventures, share transfers, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, debt recovery, contractual disputes, TPA compliance, compliance with ASIC/ACCC regulations, as well as general commercial advice.
 
Tony’s clientele includes commercial organisations from both the public and private sectors, patent and trade mark attorneys, private individuals and a number of multi-national conglomerates. His client base extends across the Asia-Pacific Region, Europe and the United States. His success, spanning over two decades, is attributable to his thorough knowledge of the rule of law and his innate ability to simplify highly complex matters.
 
A few of Tony’s representative matters include:
 
  • RD Werner v Bailey Aluminium (1989) 25 FCR 565
  • Thai Gypsum v Warring & Gillow (1994) 17 IPR 289
  • C Com Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd (1993) 27 IPR 133
  • Speedy Gantry Hire v Preston Erection (1998) 43 IPR 74
  • Bartlem v Cox (2002) 55 IPR 449
 
Professional Affiliations
 
Queensland Law Society (QLS)
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)