Ben Coogan

Ben practises in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation, franchising, defamation, information technology and trade mark prosecution.　

He has considerable specialist experience in patent, copyright, trade mark and designs litigation within Queensland and nationally across the Federal Court of Australia, and internationally. Ben also advises and litigates disputes relating to competition and consumer, confidential information and trade secrets law.

Ben is a qualified mediator and regularly acts as mediator in a variety of disputes. He also has experience in acting for clients and as an independent supervising solicitor in the execution of Anton Piller orders.

Ben also advises international and national clients about their intellectual property and technology related contracts, licences and distribution agreements and regulatory compliance issues.

He has written various articles and presented seminars on topics including intellectual property disputes, franchising and competition and consumer law, and completed his Masters of Laws speciaising in intellectual property law.

Ben is a current committee member of the Queensland Law Society's Competition and Consumer Law Committee. He is a long-serving past committee member and treasurer of the Licensing and Executives Society of Australia & New Zealand (LESANZ) (Queensland Chapter) and a member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand (IPSANZ), and Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA).