Helen Kavadias
Helen advises in the protection, enforcement and commercialisation of all intellectual property rights, including copyright, domain names, confidential information, trade marks, patents, designs and plant breeders’ rights. In addition to being a lawyer, Helen is also a registered Australian & New Zealand Patent & Trade Mark Attorney and Notary Public (NSW).
Helen specialises in clearance and freedom to operate opinions, and in the prosecution of trade mark, patents, and design applications (including opposition, removal, re-examination, and revocation proceedings). She also assists clients with the regulatory requirements associated with food & beverages, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Helen has been named as a recommended expert for trade mark prosecution and strategy by World Trade mark Review (WTR) 1000 from 2018 to 2021, and 2023 to 2024. She was also named as a world leading IP strategist by IAM Strategy 300 in 2017 & 2018.
Experience
Helen’s experience includes advising:
- A building products company in an intellectual property dispute;
- Numerous consumer goods companies on prosecuting various trade mark (including trade mark registrations for 3D shape marks) and design applications;
- An international company on defending a trade mark opposition in Australia;
- A leading Australian manufacturer and distributor on strategic and cost effective management of its global intellectual property portfolio;
- A leading property management company in rebranding;
- A generic pharmaceutical company on entering Australian market in light of prior patents, and providing advice on invalidating patents;
- Mid North Coast Local Health District as to its intellectual property rights in a product developed by an employee who’d received a research grant and other relevant matters;
- A gym company as to whether its method of operating and configuring its gyms would infringe Australian patents;
- A state government on a supplier’s compliance with Therapeutic Goods Act and Regulations;
- K Care Health Solutions and Country Care on intellectual property matters and strategic and cost-effective management of their respective IP portfolios;
- Wyvern Health on brand protection advice; and
- Healthdirect on various intellectual property matters and strategic and cost-effective management of its trade mark portfolio, including a trade mark audit.