Overview

Nicholas Weston is retained by local and international clients to help establish strong new brands, and to enhance and protect their existing trade mark assets. However, there are dozens of Trade Marks Attorneys out there, so what makes us stand out? Why did our clients select us over other firms? Simple; because we are easy to deal with and offer every client - regardless of their size or the products and services they provide - a custom made programme designed to help them safeguard their trade mark assets and brand reputation.

There is complete visibility of what we do through cost estimates, constant client contact, regular meetings and written reports. We pride ourselves on doing what we say we will do.

Our Australian and International Trade Marks Programme is focused on the first component of a national or international trade mark strategy involving the acquisition and protection of trade mark rights. The other component of any trade mark strategy is making sure that your trade marks are not infringing a mark protected in a foreign jurisdiction or here. Your trade mark strategy should reflect the conditions and concerns of your company, such as budget, marketing strategy, distributor relationships and risk management. In addition, your trade mark strategy should reflect the conditions of your industry and your target markets, including the laws, policies and cultures of your target countries. From the creation stage the firm assists with brand selection, global clearance searches and reports, trade mark filing strategies, as well as trade mark filing, prosecution and enforcement.

Nicholas Weston is able to respond to the needs of our clients to provide a cradle-to-grave trade marks service on a cost effective basis by acting nationally and through agents internationally. The conventional fee structure for nicholasweston’s handling of routine trade marks matters is on a fixed fee basis, so that the client does not get any nasty surprises when the bill arrives. There never is any fee owing to us for our work on any matter that we have not received your authorization for first. We are able to do this through institutionalized early and recurrent matter evaluation, outcome prediction, cost projection, plan feasibility analysis and assessing potential and likely costs, disbursements, and time to prosecute. We work in a commercially oriented and timely manner with key agents worldwide to identify, evaluate, secure, preserve, protect, enforce and leverage your rightful trade mark property and business interests.