Aparna Watal

Aparna is a highly skilled trade marks lawyer practising in Australia and New Zealand. She has extensive experience in advising clients on all aspects of trade mark matters in Australia and New Zealand, from brand selection, expansion and exploitation to brand enforcement. She also advises on domain name disputes and design registrations in Australia and New Zealand. She is well regarded for the commerciality of her advice and extracting the best outcomes for her clients in tricky and legally complex contentious and non-contentious matters.

Aparna represents many of the world’s most valuable brands across a wide range of industries with a particular focus on automotive, engineering, technology, energy, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, media and FMCG industries. Aparna manages the New Zealand Trade Marks Practice at Baker McKenzie.

Memberships

• Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA)
  Member of IPTA’s New Zealand and International Trade Marks Law and Practice Committee
• International Trade Marks Association (INTA)
  Member of INTA’s committee on Indigenous Rights
• Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
  Member of IPSANZ’s New South Wales committee

Professional Organisations

• Baker McKenzie