Truman Hoyle's technology and intellectual property lawyers have acted for government bodies, software and hardware providers, research and development institutions, biotechnology companies, media and advertising companies and other technology related businesses. In 2008, Australasian Legal Business Magazine ranked our team as top tier in Sydney for telecommunications, technology and media law services, and commended the firms work in intellectual property law matters.

Technology Law

Our team has extensive expertise in:

• IT business structuring, due diligence and documentation
• IT subcontracting, consultancy and customer agreements
• disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements
• technology implementation and systems integration agreements
• information security and privacy advice
• software development, licensing, support, hardware supply and maintenance agreements, escrow agreements
• trade practices and competition law
• IT outsourcing arrangements

Intellectual Property Law

The firm's intellectual property law practice includes:

• advising on the identification and commercialisation of intellectual property rights
• securing registrations of trademarks, designs and, in consultation with patent attorneys, patents
• securing confidential information and trade secrets
• advising on issues such as passing off, misleading and deceptive conduct, breach of contract, and breach of registered intellectual property rights
• conducting litigation and alternate dispute resolution in relation to breaches of rights, with a particular focus on breach of patent cases.

Our lawyers are currently acting on some of the largest technology and intellectual property transactions being undertaken in the Asia Pacific region in their roles as key legal advisers to a number of the world’s largest IT consultancy businesses.

Our lawyers are co-authors of the highly regarded “IT Contractors Handbook” and are frequent speakers at industry fora, particularly in relation to IT outsourcing.

Our technology expertise is complemented by the firm’s leading expertise in communications and media law and regulation.