Our Experience
If your organisation has intellectual property issues at hand, our diverse range of knowledge and skill sets will be critical to developing a sound approach.
We will find Advisors with the right experience and attributes to work successfully with you and provide practical and constructive advice.
Skills and expertise
Our Advisors have acted for many government as well as industry clients, and have a deep understanding of government intellectual property (IP) requirements.
We have advised clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, including:
- Auditing
- Commercialisation
- Government intellectual law and policy (including Crown copyright)
- Ownership and licensing
We can also advise on:
- Commercialisation, sharing and disposing of IP
- Contract management process required for IP
- Contracting with IP including registers and IP indemnities
- General protection of IP
- Internal IP policies, templates and licences
- Managing IP generated by employees, contractors and others
- Moral rights.
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People
Sarah Byrne
Principal Advisor | Proximity
M 0411 235 725
E sarah.byrne@proximity.com.au
We are a leading provider of integrated consulting, commercial and legal services to government and large organisations.
We collaborate with you to overcome challenges and achieve excellent outcomes. By creating an exceptional workplace culture, we equip our people with the confidence and knowledge to find the ‘right fit’ solution for your needs.
Clients can engage us for our respective expertise in legal, procurement, program, project and management consulting; but more notably, we offer the full suite of support on projects. We advise from start to finish, with Proximity consultants working seamlessly with Proximity lawyers and commercial advisors to deliver the intended project outcome.
Our team members are true experts in their field, who share their insights generously, at every step of the way.
Advantages of Proximity include:
Intensive support — dedicated resources working directly with your team.
No increase to your head count — the flexibility to scale up and down as required.
High quality — highly regarded practitioners that understand your sector.
Fresh approach — the flexibility and varied experience of external advisors and the intimate knowledge and commercial focus of an in-house team.
Tailored pricing — pricing solutions that suit your needs; whether you require price certainty or flexible pricing solutions that allow you to deal with uncertain demand.
Value for money — our model eliminates expensive overheads; and you benefit from the savings.
The Proximity difference means you:
- You won’t need to engage multiple providers on projects
- You will have a customised service delivery
- The team you work with will be handpicked to meet your project needs, with the right skills and the right size
- You will achieve an efficient delivery, through industry best practice and innovative approaches
- Integrity and traceability will be evident throughout the engagement
- You can have complete confidence that the outcome is delivered, with value for money.