Mr. Casinader is a Senior Associate in Melbourne's intellectual property team with a range of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights. This experience includes developing and enforcing brand protection strategies on matters for trade mark, copyright and design owners, and providing contentious and non-contentious advice in relation to all aspects of intellectual property law.
Mr. Casinader has extensive experience prosecuting Australian, New Zealand and international trade mark applications as well as trade mark and patent opposition proceedings before IP Australia.
Further, Mr. Casinader has represented clients in legal proceedings concerning patent, trade mark, design and copyright infringement, as well as the misuse of confidential information and trade practices cases. Mr Casinader has also been involved in a number of complex patent litigation matters before the Federal Court of Australia.
He also assists clients with advice on brand name and product clearance, domain name recovery, customs programs, eBay anti-counterfeiting programs and the filing and prosecution of registered designs.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Simon Casinader
- CJEU Paves the Way for Red-Soled Heels to Widen the Scope of Liability of E-commerce Platforms - (Posted On Tuesday, March 14, 2023)
- THE BATTLE OF THE SUPERMARKETS VOL. 2 – Gingle Bells, Gingle Bells, Gin All the Way - (Posted On Friday, December 23, 2022)
- The ‘Standard’ of Use Evidence in The EU – Advertising and Promotion Can Be Enough to Show Genuine Use of A Service without That Service Actually Crossing the Pond - (Posted On Wednesday, December 21, 2022)
- TRADE SECRETS: An International Perspective on Their Protection and Tips to Mitigate Disclosure Risk - (Posted On Monday, December 19, 2022)
- The Battle of The Supermarkets – Evergreening of Trade Marks and Potential Bad Faith - (Posted On Friday, December 09, 2022)
- Old Lady Shows Her Youth with Win in Significant Trade Mark Ruling Concerning NFTS - (Posted On Wednesday, December 07, 2022)
- Keep an Eye on Your Mailbox – Appoint a UK Representative for Trade Marks Filed Through WIPO - (Posted On Thursday, October 06, 2022)
- Can Dawgs Free-Ride on Bulls – Interpretation of Unfair Advantage for UK Trade Marks - (Posted On Monday, September 19, 2022)
- Cadbury’s Purple Reign: High Court Allows Cadbury to Register Their Iconic Purple Colouring - (Posted On Wednesday, August 31, 2022)
- Ronaldinho and Henry Marks Step Over Bad Faith Finding - (Posted On Wednesday, May 25, 2022)
The National Law Review awards the Intellectual Property practice group at K&L Gates with a 2022 Go-To Thought Leadership award. In particular, authors Adrian Gonzalez Cerrillo and Sana Hakim, who produced in-depth analysis of the complicated copyright infringement issues surrounding pop star Dua Lipa and her hit song “Levitating,” which gained significant traction upon its publication. Other authors, such as Serena Totino, Simon Casinader, and Ryan Mullen also authored noteworthy trademark news updates and analysis, on Cadbury’s trademarks and Dior’s saddle bag design.