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Recent Projects: We are very pleased to be working with our clients on a number of transactions that involve an interesting and challenging cross-section of corporate, commercial, IP and technology-related issues.
- Digislide Holdings Ltd - [ASX:DGI] specialises in nano-projection technologies that can be built into mobile platforms such as PDAs, mobile phones and laptops. Digislide is also commercialising the DIGIVISION hand-held companion projector to display content from existing hand-held and mobile electronic devices. On 24 August 2009, Digislide listed on the ASX and we were proud to have conducted the IP due diligence and written the independent IP Report in connection with its Prospectus and IPO.
- Senator International Ltd - the largest privately owned UK company that designs, manufactures and distributes office seating, desking, storage, conference and training furniture to suit all office environments. Senator is now expanding its operations into Australia and my firm has been appointed as its legal counsel to set up a local subsidiary, protect its portfolio of brand names, and advise in connection with appointing distributors and channel partners.
- Edgility an Australian based company specialising in niche communication solutions, such as mobile marketing, integrated data base communication systems, WAP and 3G content solutions as well as the TIPSTREAM fully hosted and managed mobile sports tipping application.
- UBuild Homes - is Australia’s leading Kit Home company and has developed a complete Owner Builder System that allows owner-builders to manage a successful building project, no matter what size the job. UBuild's proprietary Owner Builder System is now being franchised and franchisees are being signed up. We have worked with UBuild to develop its franchising model and its legal documentation, including guiding the company through the regulatory requirements.
- NetBox Blue - a leading provider of network security appliances for SMEs, based in Brisbane and described as the "Swiss Army knife" of IT security and management systems.
- TigerSpike - the developer of the PHOENIX mobile content management system that manages multiple mobile content formats and distributes them to handsets in Australia and overseas.
If you’re interested in case studies and credentials, then please visit the vault where you can read about some of the more interesting projects that we have been privileged to contribute to over the years. My firm publishes a number of informative documents that you can either download or subscribe to: Janus is my firm’s quarterly publication – an electronic newsletter that contains a summary of legal and quasi-legal news and information that affects companies, organisations and people who work in the technology industry. Doing Business in Australia 2009 is a useful summary and checklist for overseas companies and their advisers of the Australian legal, commercial, regulatory and political scene.
- IP Law in Australia 2009 is a thorough overview of the intellectual property laws in Australia.
- You will find a complete collection of general articles on topical issues in the NEWS section. This month's featured article appears at the foot of this page.
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