About Jacob
Jacob is a Digital and Intellectual Property lawyer and has been advising clients on commercial, intellectual property, and technology matters for over 10 years.
Jacob has acted for clients in both the public and private sectors and has acted for clients across a range of industries including technology, telecommunications, software, manufacturing, automotive, logistics, primary produce, agribusiness, health, retail, social media and marketing.
Jacob regularly provides advice on intellectual property strategy, protection, and commercialisation, as well as negotiating and drafting intellectual property and technology-centric agreements; and navigating and complying with regulatory frameworks, particularly with respect to privacy and data protection.
Specialisations
Experience
International data storage company
Advising an international data storage company on its development and implementation of a storage as a service (StaaS) platform and cloud computing, including drafting amendments to its services agreement.
Oncology eHealth provider
Assisting a specialist oncology eHealth provider in drafting a software implementation and enhancements agreement, software licence and maintenance agreement and software support agreement, where the software was used by the public and private health sectors.
Prominent game developer
Acting for a prominent game developer in reviewing and negotiating a Sony PlayStation PS Plus subscription services product agreement, and Microsoft XBOX game pass licence agreement, as well as various intellectual property licensing and assignment agreements.
Prominent ATSI health providers
Acting for one of Queensland’s most prominent ATSI health providers in drafting and negotiating a virtual health services agreement, services agreement, privacy policy, privacy collection statement, having also negotiated a number of university placement agreements with Australian universities.
Agreements
Acting for a number of clients in the pharmacological, biomedical, and agronomical space in reviewing and negotiating research collaboration agreements, teaming agreements, commercialisation agreements, contribution agreements, funding agreements, and grant deeds with various Australian universities and national research organisations.
Egg, cattle, and grain business
Acting for a renowned Queensland-based egg, cattle, and grain business to assist in the preparation of an RFQ and Services Agreement for the development, supply and implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning Solution.
Australian based distributors
Acting for prominent Australian based distributors of coffee and ice cream in preparing and negotiating distribution agreements, intellectual property licensing and assignment agreements, and terms and conditions, as well as advising in respect of corporate structuring for the purposes of holding intellectual property, intellectual property ownership, co-ownership, and co-existence arrangements, together with restructuring of intellectual property portfolios, and commercialisation arrangements.
Not-for-profit organisations and Australian businesses
Acting for a number of prominent Queensland-based not-for-profit organisations and Australian businesses in relation to matters involving trade mark infringement, misleading or deceptive conduct and passing off.
Local Governments
Advising various Local Governments on strategies and options for intellectual property protection of Council innovations.
Advising a prominent South East Queensland Council on the key legal considerations relating to Council’s use of surveillance cameras, including appropriate signage, relevant privacy implications, and an appropriate privacy collection statement in respect of Council’s use of CCTV.