Warwick Rothnie
Warwick practises in intellectual property, trade practices, telecommunications and general commercial law. His practice has a particular focus on infringement and validity actions (including initiating and defending interlocutory injunction applications), patent and trade mark hearings in the Office, preparation of opinions relating to validity and infringement of intellectual property rights and representing parties at mediation.
Before coming to the Bar, Warwick was a partner in the Intellectual Property and Trade Practices group of Mallesons Stephen Jaques.
Warwick is an independent panellist for the World Intellectual Property Organization in domain name dispute resolution (UDRP and auDRP).
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Cases
- Acting for the Commissioner of Patents intervening in Meat & Livestock Australia Limited v Cargill, Inc (No 2) [2019] FCA 33
- Globe International Limited v Brand Collective Pty Ltd VID237/2017
- Dyno Nobel Inc v Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd [2016] APO 36
- Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment Pty Ltd (2016) 118 IPR 421
- Damorgold Pty Ltd v JAI Products Pty Ltd (2015) 229 FCR 68
- Damorgold Pty Ltd v Blindware Pty Ltd VID403/2015
- Damorgold Pty Ltd v JAI Products Pty Ltd (2014) 105 IPR 60
- Nufarm Australia Ltd v Monsanto Technology LLC [2013] APO 66
- Gomez v Rawson VID270/2013
- Australian Postal Corporation v Digital Post Australia (2013) 105 IPR 1
- Aspirating IP Limited v Vision Systems Limited (2010) 88 IPR 52
- Playcorp Group of Companies Pty Ltd v Peter Bodum A/S (2010) 84 IPR 542
- A P Møller-Marsk A/S v Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. VID714 of 2009
- Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd (2009) 81 IPR 354
Publications
- Warwick A Rothnie – Contributing author to Lahore, Lindgren and Rothnie, Copyright and Designs (looseleaf)
- Warwick A Rothnie – Contributing author to the chapter on Patent validity in Lahore, Patents Trade Marks and Related Rights (looseleaf)
- Warwick A Rothnie – “The Productivity Commission’s Final Report into Intellectual Property Arrangements”, (2018) 30(10) AIPLB 210 (Part 1) and 30(1 & 2) AIPLB 25 (April 2018)
- Warwick A Rothnie – “Trade Marks and Parallel Imports,” (2014) 22 Competition & Consumer Law Journal 39
- Warwick A Rothnie – The Footy Killed Optus? DVR, (2012) 62(4) TJA 581
- Warwick A Rothnie – Of Keywords, Adwords and Trade Mark Infringement?, (2010) 83 Intellectual Property Forum 32
- Warwick A Rothnie – Forsyth & Rothnie, ‘Parallel Imports,’ in Anderman (ed.) The Interface between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition (CUP, 2007) (cited with approval by Ginsberg J in the US Supreme Court in Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2013)
- Warwick A Rothnie – Parallel Imports, Sweet & Maxwell London, 1993
- Warwick A Rothnie – Exclusive Dealing Agreements in the EEC, 2 edn, Sweet & Maxwell, London 1992 (with Prof. Valentine Korah)
- Warwick A Rothnie – IPwars blog
QUALIFICATIONS
BA, LLB (Hons) (Monash), PhD (London)
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Law Council of Australia’s Intellectual Property Committee since 1993;
Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne;
Member of AIPPI;
Member of the Copyright Society of Australia; and
Member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Warwick Rothnie
Profile
Warwick practises in intellectual property, trade practices, telecommunications and general commercial law. His practice has a particular focus on infringement and validity actions (including initiating and defending interlocutory injunction applications), patent and trade mark hearings in the Office, preparation of opinions relating to validity and infringement of intellectual property rights and representing parties at mediation.
Before coming to the Bar, Warwick was a partner in the Intellectual Property and Trade Practices group of Mallesons Stephen Jaques.
Warwick is an independent panellist for the World Intellectual Property Organization in domain name dispute resolution (UDRP and auDRP).
*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation
Areas of Practice
Cases
- Acting for the Commissioner of Patents intervening in Meat & Livestock Australia Limited v Cargill, Inc (No 2) [2019] FCA 33
- Globe International Limited v Brand Collective Pty Ltd VID237/2017
- Dyno Nobel Inc v Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd [2016] APO 36
- Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment Pty Ltd (2016) 118 IPR 421
- Damorgold Pty Ltd v JAI Products Pty Ltd (2015) 229 FCR 68
- Damorgold Pty Ltd v Blindware Pty Ltd VID403/2015
- Damorgold Pty Ltd v JAI Products Pty Ltd (2014) 105 IPR 60
- Nufarm Australia Ltd v Monsanto Technology LLC [2013] APO 66
- Gomez v Rawson VID270/2013
- Australian Postal Corporation v Digital Post Australia (2013) 105 IPR 1
- Aspirating IP Limited v Vision Systems Limited (2010) 88 IPR 52
- Playcorp Group of Companies Pty Ltd v Peter Bodum A/S (2010) 84 IPR 542
- A P Møller-Marsk A/S v Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. VID714 of 2009
- Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd (2009) 81 IPR 354
Publication
- Warwick A Rothnie – Contributing author to Lahore, Lindgren and Rothnie, Copyright and Designs (looseleaf)
- Warwick A Rothnie – Contributing author to the chapter on Patent validity in Lahore, Patents Trade Marks and Related Rights (looseleaf)
- Warwick A Rothnie – “The Productivity Commission’s Final Report into Intellectual Property Arrangements”, (2018) 30(10) AIPLB 210 (Part 1) and 30(1 & 2) AIPLB 25 (April 2018)
- Warwick A Rothnie – “Trade Marks and Parallel Imports,” (2014) 22 Competition & Consumer Law Journal 39
- Warwick A Rothnie – The Footy Killed Optus? DVR, (2012) 62(4) TJA 581
- Warwick A Rothnie – Of Keywords, Adwords and Trade Mark Infringement?, (2010) 83 Intellectual Property Forum 32
- Warwick A Rothnie – Forsyth & Rothnie, ‘Parallel Imports,’ in Anderman (ed.) The Interface between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition (CUP, 2007) (cited with approval by Ginsberg J in the US Supreme Court in Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2013)
- Warwick A Rothnie – Parallel Imports, Sweet & Maxwell London, 1993
- Warwick A Rothnie – Exclusive Dealing Agreements in the EEC, 2 edn, Sweet & Maxwell, London 1992 (with Prof. Valentine Korah)
- Warwick A Rothnie – IPwars blog
Qualifications & Memberships
QUALIFICATIONS
BA, LLB (Hons) (Monash), PhD (London)
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Member of the Law Council of Australia’s Intellectual Property Committee since 1993;
Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne;
Member of AIPPI;
Member of the Copyright Society of Australia; and
Member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.