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Nick Weston is the principal of Nicholas Weston. He has strong experience in several practice areas with a focus on commercial law and contracts. Nick Weston is also a registered Trade Marks Attorney.

Nick advises on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, corporations and not-for-profits, ICT, trade mark licensing & protection, reputation and brand management, trade practices compliance, sales and distribution, property, and commercial litigation.

From 1983, Nick was a professional rower, a member of the Australian Rowing Team in 1989 and a Finallist in the LW4- at the World Rowing Championships, in Bled, Yugoslavia.

Before forming Nicholas Weston, Nick worked progressively as a solicitor, trade marks attorney and partner at another Collins Street, Melbourne commercial law firm.

Areas Of Experience

Commercial Litigation; Commercial law; Corporations law, Real Estate; Trade Marks.

Professional & Community Involvement

Member, Australia China Business Council
Member, Litigation Section of The Law Institute of Victoria:
Member, International Trademarks Association (INTA)
Member, Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand (LESANZ)
Member, Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Member, Australian Writers' Guild (AWG)
Member, Melbourne Cricket Club;

Articles, Publications & Lectures

"Groundless Threats of Trade Mark Infringement Proceedings – How to Avoid Getting Court" 11 AIPJ 151 (first writer) (Australian Intellectual Property Journal August 2000)

"Copyright & Virtual Reality – a Band-Aid on the Bleeding Edge" 8 AIPJ 71 (Australian Intellectual Property Journal May 1997)

"Intellectual Property Protection Under the Australia – United States Free Trade Agreement" – paper delivered at IIR Commercialising Intellectual Property Conference, 23rd to 25th August 2004, Eden on the Park, Melbourne.

"Contracts & IP – Seven Steps to IP Perfection" - paper delivered at IIR Advanced Contract Law Conference, 8th to 10th December 2004, The Duxton Hotel, Melbourne.

Education

LL.M., (partially complete) Monash University; Registered Trade Marks Attorney
LL.B., University of London/University of Tasmania, 1996
B.Ec., La Trobe University, 1991