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ZONE IP provides specialised one-on-one customised solutions to ensure comprehensive protection for IP assets and manage our client's IP Portfolio's by finding the right solutions and people for individual needs.
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In today’s competitive and global market it is essential to protect these intellectual assets. While the increasingly globalised world allows information on products or services to be more freely available to the public, it is also more freely available to competitors. As a consequence it is now much easier for a competitor to take advantage of the hard earned reputation of a business.
Traditionally, the approach of many businesses has been to look solely at the legal framework of intellectual property ignoring the commercial reality of the marketplace. The idea of co-operation between businesses can be overlooked in an overly legalistic framework. A legal challenge should be the final step only when other avenues have been exhausted. There is an increasing need for businesses to look beyond these traditional approaches and look at a co-operative and commercial approach to IP protection to meet the new demands of this globalised market.
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Theodore Doucas
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Karen Doucas
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Christopher Sheehan
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Kylie Jenner
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Fiona Hartzuiker
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International Trade Mark Association Annual Meeting 2025
Zone hosted another successful function at the annual INTA conference in San Diego. Thank you to everyone who attended our event. We really enjoyed seeing you all! Please click here to see photos from...
Newsletter – May 2025 Edition
INTA 2025 The team at Zone is heading to the INTA 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego. We look forward to connecting with friends and colleagues during the week! Congratulations t...
Newsletter – December 2024
Thank you to our colleagues! As 2024 comes close to an end, we would like to take the opportunity to reflect on this year. Thank you to our staff, clients and wider colleagues in the law and IP fields...
Newsletter – November / December 2024
Changes to trade mark application processing timeframes IPONZ IPONZ has recently adjusted their expected response timeframes for national trade mark applications. The updated expected response timefra...
Newsletter – September / October 2024
INTA Leadership 2024 From 12-15 November, Theodore Doucas will be attending the International Trademark Association Leadership (INTA) conference held in New Orleans, USA. He is looking forward to catc...
Newsletter – July / August 2024
FICPI 2024 FICPI’s 22nd Open Forum conference held in Madrid is coming up soon. Theodore Doucas will be attending on behalf of Zone. He looks forward to reconnecting with old friends and developing...