Peter Bolam

Peter is Special Counsel for Intellectual Property, Media and Technology. He is a senior lawyer with substantial expertise across intellectual property, media and commercial law, and works with clients throughout the creative and technology sectors.

Creative people are in the business of expressing ideas. Peter's role is to make sure those ideas are identified, owned, protected and commercialised properly — and defended when they are not.

Experience

• Copyright identification, ownership, transfer, licensing and enforcement.
• Domestic and international trade mark registration and protection, including opposition and non-use proceedings.
• Pre-publication legal review for broadcast and print.
• Contract negotiation for screen project financing, production and distribution.
• Advising technology developers, brand owners, advertising agencies, R&D investors and copyright creators including architects and screen content producers.

Notable work

• Defending filmmakers in high-profile court proceedings.
• Federal Court copyright infringement litigation.
• Advising production companies on project financing structures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws (Honours).
• Master of Laws (Intellectual Property).

Practice areas