Josh is widely recognised for his work in intellectual property commercialisation and enforcement, technology procurement, and competition matters including ACCC investigations, across private and public sectors. He is also a director of SOUTHSTART, Australia's largest festival of innovation and startups.

Biography

Josh acts for innovative businesses and institutions, including technology companies, manufacturers, and franchise networks.  He also advises institutional clients and government on complex regulatory matters (including major projects and outsourcing), and technology procurement.

Josh advises on all aspects of intellectual property creation, acquisition, commercialisation, protection and enforcement of intellectual property assets.  He has particular expertise in trade mark prosecution and enforcement, and in multi-jurisdictional IP licensing arrangements.

Josh also regularly acts for government on complex regulatory reform matters, and technology procurement.

Josh's competition and regulatory practice covers merger review, ACCC investigations, structuring of commercial transactions, and the design and implementation of competition compliance programs.

He also advises franchisors on the establishment and development of franchised businesses and related IP and competition issues.

Josh is highly regarded for his strategic advice on large and complex projects.  Under his leadership, Josh's team of specialists advises on multi-jurisdictional commercialisation and licensing arrangements, major technology procurements, regulatory reform, and major government procurement.

Josh's dual specialisation in IP and competition law, built over more than 20 years in private practice, gives him a rare perspective on the connection between commercialisation, franchising and distribution networks, and regulated markets.

Josh has worked with innovative industries throughout his career, from start-up businesses through to major enterprises.  He is also a director of SOUTHSTART, Australia's largest and longest-running festival of innovation and startups.

Josh's regulatory expertise in major government projects and technology procurements is market-leading in South Australia.

Credentials

Academic qualifications

Josh' s experience

Intellectual property and technology protection

Advising commercial, government, and university clients regarding intellectual property and technology protection and commercialisation, including establishment and unwinding of R&D and collaborate research arrangements, establishment of joint ventures, cross border licensing arrangements, technology procurement, supply manufacture and distribution arrangements, and the sale or disposal of a range of intellectual property assets.

Intellectual property assets

Acting for commercial clients across a range of industries in disputes to enforce intellectual property assets (or defend allegations of infringement), including acting in litigation in the High Court, Federal Court, and state Supreme Courts to enforce rights in trade marks, patents, copyrights, designs, and trade secrets (confidential information).

Market reform and privatisation of government assets

Acting for government clients in relation to market reform and privatisation of government assets, the establishment of a medical research institute, the outsourcing of government services, the commercialisation of government-owned intellectual property assets, the procurement of technology systems and litigation of intellectual property disputes.

Major franchised and distribution networks

Advising major franchised and distribution networks regarding strategic and legal issues, including compliance with the Franchising Code of Conduct and Australian Consumer Law, national and international joint venture and licensing arrangements and competition issues.

Awards, recognition and ranking