Spruson & Ferguson
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore
Focus: Full-service intellectual property
Established: 1887
Team: 200+ professionals
Website: spruson.com
Best for:
Large enterprises and multinational corporations requiring comprehensive IP portfolio management across patents, trade marks, and designs
Spruson & Ferguson is Australia's largest dedicated intellectual property firm, operating as part of the IPH Group. The firm manages substantial trade mark portfolios for major domestic and international clients, covering searching, filing, prosecution, opposition, enforcement, and strategic advisory.
With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Singapore, the firm provides extensive Asia-Pacific coverage and has affiliations with IP firms globally. The trade mark practice sits alongside one of Australia's largest patent prosecution practices.
Services
- •Trade mark searching and clearance
- •Australian and international trade mark filing
- •Trade mark prosecution and examination responses
- •Trade mark opposition proceedings
- •Trade mark enforcement and infringement
- •IP portfolio management and strategy
- •IP commercialisation and licensing
Key Differentiators
- ✓Australia's largest dedicated IP firm
- ✓Part of the IPH Group with Asia-Pacific reach
- ✓Over 200 professionals across four offices
- ✓Established in 1887 — one of Australia's oldest IP practices