In-Person Event | Doors open and a stand up buffet lunch is being served from 12pm. Networking opportunities between 12:00-12:30pm and 1:30-2:00pm.
Thomson Geer Offices
Level 7,
19 Gouger Street,
Adelaide SA 5000
Overview (Program Summary)
A program hosted by:
ACC AustraliaJoin us for a practical CPD workshop on complex IP commercialisation tailored for In-house Counsel.
This interactive session is designed to address the real-world IP challenges faced by in-house legal teams. The session will provide practical guidance, including interactive discussion of real-world case studies and worked examples. Issues covered will include structuring, ownership, background IP and third-party rights, improvements, registrability (including inventorship and moral rights), enforcement rights and limitations, and the potential impact of competition laws.
Led by Thomson Geer Partners’ Bronwyn Furse and Josh Simons, this workshop will be tailored for in-house counsel, offering a unique chance to connect theory and practice within a collaborative setting.
Speakers
Bronwyn Furse, Partner, Thomson Geer
Bronwyn is a Partner at Thomson Geer specialising in intellectual property, technology, privacy and cybersecurity law.
Bronwyn is the trusted advisor to many large national and multi-national groups, as well as to government. Her work is often for clients in regulated industries, such as health and medical research, medtech, higher education, aged care, financial services and energy and she is adept at providing targeted advice having regard to those specific industry frameworks and practices.
Bronwyn is the Vice President of the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand (which is the ANZ brand of the global LESI group), and is recognised regularly in Doyle's Guide and Best Lawyers for her expertise in Intellectual Property Law.
Josh Simons, Partner, Thomson Geer
Josh is a Partner at Thomson Geer specialising in intellectual property and competition law.
Josh's IP practice encompasses all aspects of the creation, acquisition, commercialisation, management, protection, and enforcement of intellectual property rights. He is widely recognised for his expertise in intellectual property commercialisation, including negotiation and implementation of complex multi-jurisdictional licensing arrangements. He also acts for clients in litigation to enforce intellectual property rights.
Josh has been named the “Market Leader” by peer review publication Doyle’s Guide” (2025), and Best Lawyers Australia has named him as SA’s Intellectual Property “Lawyer of the Year” on 5 occasions since 2014.
Notes
*Competitor Exclusion – ACC Australia Partner’s may request that representative/s of a competitor organisation/s registered for the event be excluded, and ACC Australia reserves the right to make the final decision as to whether a registration is rejected. As a guide, a competitor organisation could be defined as a rival organisation of similar size to the host Corporate Partner, with an established practice, product or service in the area being showcased by the Corporate Partner’s at the event. Please provide a brief statement as to why you have deemed an organisation to be a competitor, in support of any request to ACC Australia to reject a registration.
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