www.stuartgibson.com.auI am a Principal in the Commercial Team at Macpherson Kelley.My practice is largely in the fields of ,Intellectual Property Law (Non-Contentious and Contentious), Media and Entertainment Law (including Defamation Law) , Commercial and Corporate Law and Sports Law.My work and practice involves securing and enforcing corporate and private clients'​ Intellectual Property Assets and protecting their reputations in the marketplace. I represent many well known brands domestically and internationally including in registration, opposition and litigation proceedings in relation to Patents, Trademarks, Copyright and Designs.I also represent and protect the reputations of high profile individuals. I have represented the lions share of the Hollywood "A List" here in Australia including Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Katy Perry, Mena Suvari, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Anniston, Arnold Schwarznegger, Keith Urban, Harrison Ford, and DemiMoore - as well as many leading Australian celebrities, Fortune 500 Directors, Politicians and Corporate leaders.As a result, I have acted in many of the leading reported cases and secured some of the largest verdicts in this country and globally in the areas of Defamation and related areas such as the protection of intrusion by the Media including Social Media ;(see for example Trkulka v Google Inc (No.5) [2012] VSC 533 ;Trkulja v Yahoo Inc [2012] VSC 68 (leading global authority for the proposition of the liability of Search Engines as "publishers" for the purpose of Defamation).Related areas of Practice include:--Invasion of Privacy;-Digital Reputation Protection;-Data Breach and Theft;-Media Crises;-Bad Leaver IP Issues-Breach of Confidential Information; and-Paparazzi Deterrence.My Professional actvities include:- Member IPSANZ-Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand- Advisory Board Member-Melbourne University Centre of Media and Communications Law- Committee Member-Law Council of Australia, Media and Communications Group- Member INTA-International Trademark Association- Member-Melbourne Press Club