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Andrew Goatcher
 
Partner
 
“Understanding my client’s problems from both a legal and a business perspective enables us to work together not only to resolve the current problem most cost effectively, but also to minimise the likely occurrence of similar problems.”
 
Andrew Goatcher, Partner

 

 

 

Legal Expertise
Intellectual Property 
 
 
Ph (direct)
+61 3 9608 2115
 
Mobile
+61 411 646 758
 
Email
a.goatcher@cornwalls.com.au
 
 

 

Expertise
Andrew has over 20 years' experience advising and acting in complex commercial litigation.  Over the last 15 years he has advised and acted in a wide variety of matters involving intellectual property rights including patents, registered designs, copyright and trade marks and misleading and deceptive conduct.
In addition to matters involving registered IP rights, Andrew has significant experience in general contractual disputes and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information. He has advised and acted for clients in a number of matters involving allegations of breach of confidence and the misuse of confidential information.
Andrew has worked with and for clients in a diverse range of fields and technologies including agriculture, mining and resources, insurance, heavy transport manufacturing, precision engineering, automotive, electrical and electronic industries, retail, food and confectionary, clothing and fashion, furniture design and manufacture and fine arts.
Andrew was named in the Intellectual Property Law list of the Australian Financial Review's Best Lawyers in Australia in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Experience
Andrew's experience includes:
• advising and acting for a heavy transport manufacturer in Federal Court proceedings for infringement of copyright in its technical drawings and the misuse of its confidential information by a competitor;
• representing a clothing manufacturer in relation to alleged copyright infringement arising out of the manufacture and sale of clothing closely resembling a major competitor's clothing designs;
• acting for a designer and manufacturer of automotive lighting systems in Federal Court proceedings to protect its registered design rights from infringement  by a competitor which had copied and put on sale an almost identical aftermarket lighting product;
• acting for a well-known local fashion design house in proceedings to protect its trade marks from infringement and from a competitor passing off  its goods as those of my client;
• acting in trade mark validity and revocation proceedings for a US client - particularly involving allegations of 'bad faith' by the opposing trade mark applicant.;
• advising and acting for a German client in the (successful) defence of claims of patent infringement arising out of the client's development of complex signal processing technology;
• advising a local lighting system designer in the protection of its confidential client and design related information following the sudden departure of two employees who then commenced operating a competing business;
• advising a resources client in relation to licensing, trade secrets, registered designs and other IP rights for the client's development of a heavy vehicle tyre re-treading facility in WA - using heavy machinery to be imported from Italy, and employing patented German technology and French designs and patterns to produce re-moulded heavy transport tyres for mining equipment; and
• advising both local and US furniture industry clients in relation to the protection available to them under various registered trade marks and designs in the face of competing activity within Australia that infringed those TM and design rights;
Pro bono and Community Work
Andrew is a member of (and former volunteer at) Fitzroy Legal Service.
He is also involved in both fund raising activities for and as a regular donor to a number of international and local charitable bodies.
Memberships and Associations
President of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
Law Institute of Victoria
Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (the University of Melbourne)
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practise
Victoria
Western Australia
High Court of Australia

Expertise

Andrew has over 20 years' experience advising and acting in complex commercial litigation.  Over the last 15 years he has advised and acted in a wide variety of matters involving intellectual property rights including patents, registered designs, copyright and trade marks and misleading and deceptive conduct.

 

In addition to matters involving registered IP rights, Andrew has significant experience in general contractual disputes and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information. He has advised and acted for clients in a number of matters involving allegations of breach of confidence and the misuse of confidential information.

 

Andrew has worked with and for clients in a diverse range of fields and technologies including agriculture, mining and resources, insurance, heavy transport manufacturing, precision engineering, automotive, electrical and electronic industries, retail, food and confectionary, clothing and fashion, furniture design and manufacture and fine arts.

 

Andrew was named in the Intellectual Property Law list of the Australian Financial Review's Best Lawyers in Australia in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Experience

Andrew's experience includes:

  • advising and acting for a heavy transport manufacturer in Federal Court proceedings for infringement of copyright in its technical drawings and the misuse of its confidential information by a competitor
  • representing a clothing manufacturer in relation to alleged copyright infringement arising out of the manufacture and sale of clothing closely resembling a major competitor's clothing designs
  • acting for a designer and manufacturer of automotive lighting systems in Federal Court proceedings to protect its registered design rights from infringement  by a competitor which had copied and put on sale an almost identical aftermarket lighting product
  • acting for a well-known local fashion design house in proceedings to protect its trade marks from infringement and from a competitor passing off  its goods as those of my client;
  • acting in trade mark validity and revocation proceedings for a US client - particularly involving allegations of 'bad faith' by the opposing trade mark applicant
  • advising and acting for a German client in the (successful) defence of claims of patent infringement arising out of the client's development of complex signal processing technology
  • advising a local lighting system designer in the protection of its confidential client and design related information following the sudden departure of two employees who then commenced operating a competing business
  • advising a resources client in relation to licensing, trade secrets, registered designs and other IP rights for the client's development of a heavy vehicle tyre re-treading facility in WA - using heavy machinery to be imported from Italy, and employing patented German technology and French designs and patterns to produce re-moulded heavy transport tyres for mining equipment
  • advising both local and US furniture industry clients in relation to the protection available to them under various registered trade marks and designs in the face of competing activity within Australia that infringed those TM and design rights.

Pro bono and Community Work

Andrew is a member of (and former volunteer at) Fitzroy Legal Service.

 

He is also involved in both fund raising activities for and as a regular donor to a number of international and local charitable bodies.

Memberships and Associations

Immediate Past President of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)

Law Institute of Victoria

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (the University of Melbourne)

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practise

Victoria

Western Australia

High Court of Australia

 

 

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