The Intellectual Property of any organisation is a major source of competitive advantage and the protection and commercialisation of intellectual property is critical to a business turning innovation into profit.

Tompkins Wake works to bring together experts from across the firm to help our clients design and develop intellectual property strategies drawing from our corporate and commercial expertise to meet our clients’ diverse and changing commercial needs.

We specialise in the enforcement of trade marks, copyright, designs and domain names and in the event of a contentious intellectual property matter, our dispute resolution team can assist in negotiating a successful outcome.

With an international reach across all countries, we provide practical commercial advice to ensure that the value of an organisation's intellectual property is understood and that effective strategies are designed to meet our client’s objectives and protect the value they’ve created.

We can help clients select and prepare briefs for patent attorneys on patent registry matters.

For IP specific queries, please email ip@tompkinswake.co.nz.

Client Feedback

• "The team at Tompkins Wake have a depth of expertise, so no matter what the issue is, ranging from property transactions, to IP, to competition law, they are available to provide support to us." - The Legal 500, Asia Pacific 2025, Intellectual Property
  
• "Amazing service. The communication and delivery have exceeded expectations." - The Legal 500, Asia Pacific 2025, Intellectual Property
  

Areas of expertise:

Commercialisation of Intellectual Property
Copyright Agreements and Disputes
Fair Trading Act/Passing Off actions
Licensing of Intellectual Property
Trade Mark and Brand Strategy
Trade Mark Filing Programmes
Trade Mark Prosecution and Dispute Resolution
Management of Trade Mark portfolios
Brand Development and Protection
Domain Name Registration and Disputes
Patent and Copyright Litigation
Dispute resolution for Trade Marks
Advertising and Broadcasting standards complaints