Mindaugas Skavronskas
Special Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
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Biography
Mindaugas (Gus) Skavronskas is an intellectual property lawyer based in Sydney. Gus is dual-qualified in the EU and Australia, specialising in protecting and commercialising intangible assets.
He regularly advises on the IP aspects of some of Australia's most prominent and complex M&A deals, licensing, co/re-branding and product development transactions.
Gus has extensive experience across all aspects of trade mark law and is a registered trade mark attorney in Australia (2008). Gus acts as an IP strategist for large multinationals and mega brands, and regularly appears before the Registrar of Trade Marks in contentious matters. In 2022, World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) featured Gus as one of the world's leading trade mark professionals.
Gus is also an experienced IP litigator and has successfully represented clients in disputes involving intangibles before the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Master of Laws, Vilnuis University (2005)
- Master of Laws, University of Sydney (2008)
- Accredited as a Certified Practising Project Practitioner by the Australian Institute of Project Management (2019)
Insights
Key highlights of Australian IP Report 2022
Publication | May 03, 2022
Short <.au> domain names available from 24 March 2022
Publication | March 09, 2022