Anna Vandervliet
Anna is a commercial litigator specialising in intellectual property, technology and ESG disputes.
Anna is an experienced commercial litigator who advises major national and international organisations across a range of sectors, from proactive risk management through to complex dispute resolution, including multi-jurisdictional disputes and high-stakes litigation. She is known for her collaborative, practical and strategic approach, working closely with stakeholders to achieve commercially-aligned outcomes.
Anna works with clients to strategically leverage their IP and technology assets and manage risks, with and without litigation. She has experience across the full spectrum of IP rights, including patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, confidential information/trade secrets and passing off, as well as seeking and defending urgent injunctions. Anna also advises on issues relating to AI, standard essential patents (SEPs) and FRAND licensing.
Anna's consumer law practice encompasses advertising, marketing and regulatory compliance. She has acted for clients in disputes with competitors and regulators, including the ACCC, Fair Trading NSW, Ad Standards and the Federal Court.
Anna's ESG practice draws on her advertising and consumer law experience to help clients navigate greenwashing and regulatory risks relating to the development and disclosure of climate and ESG strategies. She has acted for clients in significant ESG-related litigation and regulatory enforcement actions, including complaints to the ACCC, ASIC and Ad Standards.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a global telecommunications equipment company in significant Federal Court litigation involving allegations of patent and copyright infringement relating to digital mobile radio technology
- a leading ASX-listed company in successfully defending Federal Court proceedings alleging misleading and deceptive conduct in respect of emissions-related targets
- a financial services company in relation to enforcement proceedings by ASIC involving allegations of greenwashing and breaches of RE duties in relation to an ESG investment product
- a global life sciences technology company defending patent infringement proceedings in the Federal Court relating to non-invasive prenatal DNA testing and high-tech DNA sequencing technology
- an Australian-owned and operated food and beverage company in Federal Court proceedings and Full Court appeal proceedings involving an application for registration of a trade mark and removal of a third party’s trade marks
- an Australian-owned and operated food and beverage company in Federal Court proceedings in the successful defence of allegations relating to trade mark infringement, consumer law contraventions and passing off relating to a shape mark for a glass jar
- an iconic luxury hotel brand in proceedings seeking an urgent interlocutory injunction for trade mark infringement
- Apple in the Apple v Samsung patent and design litigation relating to tablets and smartphones, and wireless communications technology
- Patent opposition proceedings before the Australian Patent Office relating to technology such as parallel computing, mining technology and coffee capsules
- ACPA Pty Ltd and Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. in Federal Court proceedings with Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Ltd regarding trade mark infringement
- Tibra Trading Pty Ltd in Federal Court proceedings regarding copyright and confidential information in high-frequency trading software.
Background
Anna is a co-founder and former Co-Chair of the ChIPs Network Australia and New Zealand Chapter.
Anna holds a Masters of Law (Intellectual Property) from the London School of Economics and completed a secondment to the firm's IP team in London. She was also an Associate to a specialist IP Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
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