Practice areas/Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
Protect the brand, code and content your business is actually built on — trade marks, ownership audits, licensing and enforcement, priced upfront.
Fixed fee. Senior lawyer.
Every engagement is quoted upfront and led by a senior lawyer — never a paralegal-first pipeline.
- hello@envisionlegal.com.au
- Sydney · Melbourne · National
How we help
What we handle for you.
Concrete deliverables — not a general "advice" retainer. Each item can be scoped as a one-off fixed-fee package or bundled into a monthly counsel arrangement.
01
Trade mark filing & prosecution
Clearance searches, class selection, IP Australia filings and responses to examination reports — from brand to registered mark.
02
IP ownership audits
Mapping who actually owns the logo, code, content and processes in your business, then papering the assignments to fix any gaps before capital raise or sale.
03
Licensing & royalty agreements
Software, brand and content licences — with scope, territory, exclusivity, term, royalty mechanics and audit rights that hold up.
04
IP assignment deeds
Contractor, employee and founder assignments — bringing IP into the company where it belongs and closing chain-of-title gaps.
05
Copyright, trade secrets & confidential info
Copyright ownership regimes, trade-secret protection, employee and contractor confidentiality — plus enforcement when someone steps over.
06
Infringement & takedown
Cease-and-desist letters, IP Australia oppositions, DMCA/takedown paths and strategy where a competitor is using your mark or content.
Who this is for
Clients we work best with.
- Founders about to launch a brand and wanting to file the trade mark early
- Businesses preparing for capital raise, sale or franchise — where IP chain-of-title matters
- SaaS and creative businesses licensing their platform or content to others
- Companies dealing with a knock-off, copycat or infringing competitor
How we work
No surprises. Ever.
Fixed fees quoted upfront. Senior lawyer on every file. Clear next steps at every stage.
01 — Brief
Send a short brief or book a 15-minute call. We'll confirm scope and what you actually need — often that's less than you think.
02 — Fixed-fee quote
You get a written scope and a fixed fee before we start. No hourly billing, no scope-creep invoices.
03 — Senior lawyer, on the tools
The lawyer you scoped with is the lawyer doing the work. We turn drafts around fast and stay reachable throughout.
FAQs
Common questions.
- Do I need a trade mark if I already have a business name registered?
- Yes. An ASIC business name registration does not give you brand rights — it just reserves the name. A registered trade mark with IP Australia gives you the exclusive right to use the mark in your class of goods or services across Australia for 10 years (renewable).
- How much does a trade mark cost?
- A single-class Australian trade mark filing is a fixed fee of around $1,200 + GST including our work and IP Australia fees. Additional classes are $400 + GST each. Objections and oppositions are scoped separately if they come up.
- Who owns the IP my freelancer created?
- Under Australian copyright law, the creator generally owns copyright — not the person who paid for it — unless there is a written assignment. If your logo, code or content was made by a contractor without a signed IP assignment, the IP may not sit with your company. We fix that.
- Can you file international trade marks?
- Yes — via the Madrid Protocol we can extend an Australian mark to key jurisdictions (US, UK, EU, Singapore and others) at a fixed fee per country.
Talk to us
Legal built for intellectual property.
Send us a note about what you're working on. We'll respond within one business day and, if we're a fit, book a free 15-minute consultation with a senior lawyer.