Simon Gapes

Simon Gapes is a lawyer and trade marks attorney based in Melbourne.

Simon specialises in trade marks with a practice that spans both contentious and non-contentious trade mark work, including:  

• Global trade mark portfolio management and brand protection strategies, including trade mark clearance and adoption advice;  

• Australia, New Zealand and international trade mark filing and prosecution;   

• Prosecuting and defending trade mark opposition and removal actions in Australia, New Zealand and internationally;  

• Trade mark infringement advice and representation;  

• Drafting and negotiating worldwide consent, coexistence and settlement agreements;  

• Domain name portfolio management and advising on domain name availability;   

• Prosecuting and defending domain name disputes including through the auDA, the UDRP and the NZ DNC;  

• Advising on Customs and border protection;   

• Providing trade mark and branding training to in-house legal and marketing teams.