Eric Ziehlke

Expe­ri­ence

• Han­dling of pas­sen­ger and freight legal issues for inter­na­tion­al airlines
• Super­vi­sion of the inter­na­tion­al trade mark port­fo­lio of an Aus­tralian enter­tain­ment com­pa­ny and nego­ti­at­ing inter­na­tion­al set­tle­ment agreements
• Defend­ing intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty rights includ­ing per­son­al image issues for a num­ber of promi­nent crick­eters, surfers and footballers
• Advis­ing on par­al­lel impor­ta­tion issues for lead­ing Aus­tralian appli­ance suppliers
• Review and licens­ing of major R&D technology
• Prepar­ing con­fi­den­tial­i­ty and licens­ing agree­ments for a range of start-up companies
• Super­vis­ing lit­i­ga­tion to pro­tect the well-known ban­ner brand of an Aus­tralian retailer
• Prepar­ing doc­u­men­ta­tion for fran­chis­ing com­pa­nies in ser­vice industries
• Prepa­ra­tion of spe­cif­ic pro­vi­sions of employ­ment agree­ments to safe­guard the intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty of clients
• Draft­ing soft­ware licens­ing agree­ments for clients in the per­son­nel market
• Pro­vid­ing advice on terms and con­di­tions and labelling reg­u­la­tions in a vari­ety of markets
• Pro­vid­ing advice to sup­pli­ers of high vol­ume alco­holic bev­er­ages on get-up, trade mark and copy­right issues
• Set­ting up and imple­ment­ing anti-coun­ter­feit­ing pro­grams for a DVD manufacturer
• Devis­ing and imple­ment­ing full scale IP audit programs 
• Rep­re­sent­ing clients in a wide range of trade mark oppo­si­tions before IP Australia
• Tak­ing part in a series of medi­a­tions under Fed­er­al Court pro­ce­dures to resolve var­i­ous intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty lit­i­ga­tion matters
• Coun­ter­ing claims of copy­right infringe­ment in house design plans
• Prepar­ing avi­a­tion main­te­nance agreements
• Pro­vid­ing detailed advice on design and copy­right over­lap pro­vi­sions with respect to alle­ga­tions of intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty infringe­ment in the appli­ance industry
• Draft­ing man­u­fac­tur­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion agree­ments with par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on pro­tect­ing the intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty rights of clients

Exper­tise

• Intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty law
• Trade mark law
• Con­sumer law

Roles, mem­ber­ships and education

• Mas­ter of Laws (Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty) — Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy Syd­ney, 2004

• Mas­ter of Com­merce (Mar­ket­ing) — Uni­ver­si­ty of NSW, 1974