James & Wells – NZ's Leading Intellectual Property Law Firm

When you consider that 80% of the value of a successful business is in its intangible assets, an Intellectual Property strategy should be aligned along with your business strategy. If you do not know the key steps involved in developing an IP strategy you need to consult the team at James and Wells, one of New Zealand’s leading intellectual property firms. With four offices in New Zealand, in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Christchurch, there will be an office near you or you can simply access their website at www.jaws.co.nz and contact them through there.

James and Wells are a committed team of intellectual property lawyers, specialists, technically qualified patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, litigators, commercial lawyers and accountants, working together to provide their clients with consistently excellent service and advice. They  service international clients and a large local client base, including New Zealand’s biggest and most prestigious research organisation, the most innovative sustainable and clean technology companies and leading exporters and manufacturers.

James and Wells IP services to clients include the protection of patents, designs, domain names, plant variety rights, trade marks, copyright, clean technology and confidential information and trade secrets. Other services include the enforcement of Fair Trading in New Zealand, litigation, confidential information and trade secrets, E-commerce and IP, anti-counterfeiting, domain name disputes, the Major Events Management Act 2007 and alternative dispute resolution. Their strategy ideas include portfolio management, corporate services, competitive intelligence, idea creation, facilitation and staff education.

Also included in their variety of services is the publication of New Zealand’s leading text on Intellectual Property Law, produced and updated by James and Wells. This is an authoritative reference point for practitioners, judges, patent attorneys and students which concisely explores key principles of intellectual property law. This is a valuable and practical research tool suitable for both professional and student use.
James and Wells IP have also established a website-based trade mark and design filing service, which makes filing affordable for organisations which would not otherwise get intellectual property protection. As intellectual property is a field that deals with highly valuable assets, the services offered by James and Wells are very specialised, requiring many additional years of study and in-house training in a specialist IP firm.

With their enterprising and pragmatic approach to intellectual property, their philosophy has seen them named IP Firm of the Year at the last three New Zealand Law Awards and they are the first IP firm in the world to achieve CEMARS® certification. This is reflected in their clients’ appreciation of their ‘clever thinking’ and drive towards corporate responsibility.