Peter specialises in commercial contracts, intellectual property commercialisation and infringements, trade mark prosecution, consumer law, gaming, defamation and regulatory compliance under telecommunication laws.
Peter works with domestic and global clients across a range of industries with particular expertise in the sport, media and technology sectors.
Among Peter's many sporting connections, he also chairs the Swimming Australia Integrity and Ethics Committee and is a Board Member of the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association.
Peter has been recognised in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2024 for Intellectual Property.
Experience
- Advising clients on licensing of media rights across free-to-air television, streaming services and digital platforms.
- Advising a leading Australian women's fashion chain on all IP matters including trade marks, copyright and designs, infringement, opposition and invalidation proceedings worldwide and compliance with unfair contract terms.
- Advising on international club ownership structure (including trade mark filing strategy in Australia and overseas) and copyright protection.
- Advising sports betting company on claims regarding copyright material being republished on a competitor's website.
- Advising a leading email service provider on major commercial arrangements for supply agreements with providers in Australia.
- Representing a global pharmaceuticals and research company in an international arbitration concerning a breach of confidence and contract claim.
- Advising on Australia's telecommunications laws and the application to subsea cables and satellite-based internet projects.
- Advising on the application of radiocommunications and privacy law to a tracking app of goods.
- Advising in an online defamation claim involving an international motorsports athlete and other Australian sporting administrators and successfully removing alleged defamatory material from social media platforms.
- Advising on commercial transactions including licensing and global distribution agreements focused on cutting edge software for computerised cognitive function testing.
- Advising VPN suppliers on copyright access and copy control provisions in respect of VPN technology.
- Representing client in dispute against former franchisee and providing strategic advice on its trade mark portfolio and online e-commerce copyright matters.
- Advising on franchise agreements and amending franchise documents for compliance with Australian law and conducting review of contracts for compliance with unfair contract term law.
- Representing a security company in a misleading and deceptive conduct and breach of contract and confidence matter in VCAT.
- Advising a large not-for-profit organisation about strategy in defamation disputes (including resolving the matters through mediation), long-term financial sustainability and protection of their brand name, including reviewing the organisation's rules.
Awards and Recognition
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2024 & 2025
Intellectual Property
Memberships
- Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association (ANZSLA)
- Intellectual Property of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
- Australian Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA)
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