Russia & Ukraine – Nominate Now!

Best Lawyers logo
  • Lawyers
  • Methodology
  • Client Solutions
  • Partnerships
  • Nominate a Lawyer
  • Log In
  • Lawyers
    • Advanced Search
    • Lawyer of the Year
    • Highlighted Lawyers
    • Nominate a Lawyer
  • Methodology
    • Overview
    • Editorial Timelines
    • Practice Areas
    • Publicizing Guidelines
    • FAQ
  • Publications
    • Business Edition
    • Regional Editions
    • Partnerships
    • Become a Contributor
  • Legal Insights
    • Featured Articles
    • In the News
    • Advisory Board
    • Meet the Board
    • Press & Events
  • About
    • Global Presence
    • Founders
    • Company History
    • Leadership
  • Client Solutions
  • Partnerships
  • Nominate a Lawyer
  • Log In Log In
  • Nominate a Lawyer
  • Log In

Lawyer Profile

Image of Tony Conaghan

Tony Conaghan

Thomson Geer
  • Recognized Since:
    2012
  • Recognized in:
    Alternative Dispute Resolution
    Biotechnology Law...
  • Website:
    http://www.tglaw.com.au
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    Level 16, Waterfront Place
    1 Eagle Street
    G.P.O. Box 169
    DX 134
    Brisbane, AU QLD 4001
  • LinkedIn
Tony is a senior lawyer with more than 35 years' experience in complex agreements and disputes, particularly across intellectual property (IP), information technology (IT), life sciences, and franchising. 
 
Tony also has broad international experience, particularly in the USA, UK, and Asia. 
 
Tony has been involved in many seminal deals and cases. His experience includes cases involving expert evidence and cross jurisdiction co-ordination with an emphasis on technical and parallel issues. 
 
Tony has conducted many successful cases through to the High Court, and has been involved in more than 100 mediations. 
 
Tony's experience includes advising multi-national companies, the Australian and Queensland Governments, various Government owned corporations, universities, UniQuest, Copyright Collecting Societies, manufacturers, professional service firms, venture capitalists, inventors, and a wide cross-section of public and private corporations. 
 
Tony is the Deputy Chair for Australia and the Queensland Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia. He is also a member of various professional organisations, including the American Bar Association, American Association of Intellectual Property Lawyers, the International Bar Association, Licensing Executives Society International, IPSANZ, and the International Franchise Association. Tony is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
 

 

Recent experience includes:

  • Acting for Qualcomm Inc & Qualcomm Australia Pty Ltd advising on protection of Qualcomm’s confidential commercial information including source codes in the Apple & Samsung patent and anti- trust Federal Court proceedings. Qualcomm supply the chip sets for mobile phones. Both Apple and Samsung sought disclosure by sub-poena of Qualcomm’s source codes and other confidential commercial and licensing information.
  • Acting for Konami Australia Pty Ltd (KAP) in defending patent  infringement proceedings brought by Aristocrat for 5 patents relating to electronic gaming machines (EGM’s) colloquially known as the ‘progressive linked jackpot’ systems and bringing cross claims for invalidity of the Aristocrat patents.
  • Acting for Konami Australia Pty Ltd (KAP) and Konami Gaming Inc (KGI ) in separate Federal Court proceedings against Aristocrat for infringement of various KAP & KGI patents.
  • Acting for Land Management Systems (LMS), a landfill gas extractor specialist, generating electricity into the grids, against Landfill Gas Industries & Adam Bloomer in a Supreme Court action for injunctive relief, damages including exemplary and equitable damages, for copyright infringement and breach of LMS confidential information.
  • Lawyer Bio
  • Client Comments
  • Firm Details

Lawyer Bio

Tony is a senior lawyer with more than 35 years' experience in complex agreements and disputes, particularly across intellectual property (IP), information technology (IT), life sciences, and franchising. 
 
Tony also has broad international experience, particularly in the USA, UK, and Asia. 
 
Tony has been involved in many seminal deals and cases. His experience includes cases involving expert evidence and cross jurisdiction co-ordination with an emphasis on technical and parallel issues. 
 
Tony has conducted many successful cases through to the High Court, and has been involved in more than 100 mediations. 
 
Tony's experience includes advising multi-national companies, the Australian and Queensland Governments, various Government owned corporations, universities, UniQuest, Copyright Collecting Societies, manufacturers, professional service firms, venture capitalists, inventors, and a wide cross-section of public and private corporations. 
 
Tony is the Deputy Chair for Australia and the Queensland Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Law Council of Australia. He is also a member of various professional organisations, including the American Bar Association, American Association of Intellectual Property Lawyers, the International Bar Association, Licensing Executives Society International, IPSANZ, and the International Franchise Association. Tony is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
 

 

Recent experience includes:

  • Acting for Qualcomm Inc & Qualcomm Australia Pty Ltd advising on protection of Qualcomm’s confidential commercial information including source codes in the Apple & Samsung patent and anti- trust Federal Court proceedings. Qualcomm supply the chip sets for mobile phones. Both Apple and Samsung sought disclosure by sub-poena of Qualcomm’s source codes and other confidential commercial and licensing information.
  • Acting for Konami Australia Pty Ltd (KAP) in defending patent  infringement proceedings brought by Aristocrat for 5 patents relating to electronic gaming machines (EGM’s) colloquially known as the ‘progressive linked jackpot’ systems and bringing cross claims for invalidity of the Aristocrat patents.
  • Acting for Konami Australia Pty Ltd (KAP) and Konami Gaming Inc (KGI ) in separate Federal Court proceedings against Aristocrat for infringement of various KAP & KGI patents.
  • Acting for Land Management Systems (LMS), a landfill gas extractor specialist, generating electricity into the grids, against Landfill Gas Industries & Adam Bloomer in a Supreme Court action for injunctive relief, damages including exemplary and equitable damages, for copyright infringement and breach of LMS confidential information.
Read more on firm website
  • Bar Admissions
  • Affiliations
  • Award List
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge

Bar Admissions:

  • Australia, High Court of Australia
  • Australia, Solicitor of Qld Supreme Court
  • Australia, NSW Supreme Court
  • Australia, Northern Territory Supreme Court
  • Australia, Victorian Supreme Court
  • Australia, Federal Court of Australia

Affiliations:

  • Amercian Bar Association - Member
  • American Intellectual Property Law Assocaition - Member
  • International Bar Association - Member
  • Law Council of Australia , IP C'tt'ee. Qld - Chairman
  • Law Council of Australia, IP C'tt'ee - Deputy Chair for Australia
  • Qld Law Society, Franchise C'tt'ee - Chairman

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Defamation and Media Law, Brisbane (2019)
  • Telecommunications Law, Brisbane (2018)
  • Intellectual Property Law, Brisbane (2017)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Australia for work in:

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Biotechnology Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Defamation and Media Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Litigation
  • Telecommunications Law
 

Awards:

  • Doyle's Guide as a recommended Australian lawyer in the rankings of Patent Litigation (2017), IP law (2015 - 2016), preeminent lawyer in the Queensland IP legal market and leading lawyer in Queensland in the areas of technology, media and telecommunicatio
  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2017 & 2018) as a recommended lawyer in the area of Intellectual Property within Australia.
 

Lawyer Client Comments

Firm Details

Image for Thomson Geer View Firm Profile
Thomson Geer
http://www.tglaw.com.au
 
Headquarters
Level 25
1 O'Connell Street
G.P.O. Box 3909
DX 69
Sydney, AU NSW 2001
61 2 8248 5800
5 Office Locations
in 1 Country

Australia

Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Level 7, 19 Gouger Street

G.P.O. Box 1663

DX 571

Adelaide SA 5001

Australia

61 8 8236 1300

Get Directions

Brisbane, Australia

Level 16, Waterfront Place

1 Eagle Street

G.P.O. Box 169

DX 134

Brisbane QLD 4001

Australia

61 7 3338 7500

Get Directions

Melbourne, Australia

Level 39, Rialto South Tower

525 Collins Street

G.P.O. Box 375

DX 208

Melbourne VIC 3001

Australia

61 3 8080 3500

Get Directions

Perth, Australia

Please Contact Firm

Perth

Australia

61

Get Directions

 
Contact Tony Conaghan
If you would like this lawyer to contact you directly in regards to a legal matter, please fill in the relative information below. The lawyer will then be sent your inquiry.
* Denotes Required Fields
Error Sending Message!
Your message was sent successfully!
 
Legal Disclaimer: Any information sent to Best Lawyers® or referred to a lawyer listed in Best Lawyers® via Internet e-mail or through the Best Lawyers® Web site is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis. Communication with Best Lawyers® or an Lawyer listed in Best Lawyers® via Internet e-mail through this site does not constitute or create a lawyer-client relationship. Best Lawyers® does not necessarily endorse, and is not responsible for, any third-party content that may be accessed through this website.
Add Comment
In making your comments, please do not refer to a pending legal matter.
(*) Required Fields
There was an error during saving, please try again.
If you continue to get this message, please contact us at info@bestlawyers.com or 803.648.0300 for assistance.
Please complete the captcha then submit.
Your comment was saved successfully!
Thank you for your feedback.
  • Client Solutions
  • Nominate a Lawyer
  • Legal Insights
  • Contact Us
Lawyers 
  • Lawyers of the Year
  • Highlighted Lawyers
  • Nominate a Lawyer
  • Find a Lawyer
Methodology
  • Overview
  • Editorial Timelines
  • Practice Areas
  • Publicizing Guidelines
  • FAQ
Publications
  • Business Editions
  • Regional Editions
  • Partnerships
  • Become a Contributor
Legal Insights
  • Featured Articles
  • In the News
  • Advisory Board
  • Meet the Board
  • Press & Events
  • Best Law Firms
  • Subscribe
About
  • Global Presence
  • Founders
  • Company History
  • Leadership
  • Press Releases
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us
Client Solutions
  • Specialized Research
  • Marketing Guidance
  • Log In
  • Store
Best Lawyers Best Lawyers logo +1-803-648-0300
237 Park Avenue SW, Suite 101 Aiken, SC 29801
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lawyer Directory
  • Best Law Firms

© 2010-2019 Best Lawyers — All Rights Reserved.

BL Icon

LEGAL INSIGHTS

by Best Lawyers®



Get the latest insights on the news, trends, and people that shape the global legal field with our weekly email digest.

Subscribe

Please enter a valid email address.

You have already subscribed.





PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for subscribing.