Profile
Victor is an Australian lawyer and registered trade marks attorney with over 20 years' in-house and private practice experience. His practice is focused on all aspects of brand protection, from trade mark filing and prosecution to dispute resolution, IP litigation and enforcement.
Victor represents clients in IP and trade mark disputes before the Federal Court of Australia and Australian Trade Marks Office (where he regularly appears as an advocate in opposition and related proceedings). He also acts for clients in domain name disputes and proceedings under the UDRP, auDRP and URS.
Victor is a Director of Cooper Mills Lawyers, a boutique technology, telecommunications and intellectual property law firm based in Melbourne. In addition to his private practice experience, he has previously worked in-house as general counsel for an ASX-listed ICT company. Victor has been consistently recognised as a leading trade mark professional in the World Trademark Review WTR1000.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
Bachelor of Laws
Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Registered Trade Marks Attorney
Memberships
Law Institute of Victoria
International Trademark Association
Institute of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand
Asian Patent Attorneys Association
Selected Cases
Trade Marks
Zero Motorcycles Inc v Benzina Zero Pty Ltd [2023] ATMO 30
Zero Motorcycles Inc v Benzina Zero Pty Ltd [2021] ATMO 156
Volkswagen AG v Tungpei Industrial Co., Ltd. [2020] ATMO 40
Segator Pty Ltd v FKS Australia Pty Ltd [2020] ATMO 190
Segator Pty Ltd v FKS Australia Pty Ltd [2019] ATMO 126
Dr Boom Communications Pty Ltd v V Cases Pty Ltd [2018] ATMO 183
The Real Thing Food Supplements (Pty) Ltd v Media Tag Pty Ltd & Ors [2018] ATMO 173
Mt Shadwell Pty Ltd [2018] ATMO 25
Domain Names
Paco Nominees Pty Ltd, Geedup Online Pty Ltd v Muhammad Ibrar & Ors D2024-0960 (WIPO)
Paco Nominees Pty Ltd v et al FA2401002078895 (Forum)
Anything Worldwide AB v Emir Joldic DAU2022-0042 (WIPO)
Duoserve, Inc v ScheduleFlow Pty Ltd FA1711001759845 (Forum)
Mark Kingsley Williams v Bbhinds Pty Ltd DAU2013-0010 (WIPO)
Hitech United Australia Pty Ltd v Zhengyi DME2013-0002 (WIPO)