Rebecca Currey

I am a partner in our Intellectual Property Group, based in Sydney. My experience spans the breadth and depth of IP issues, but my specialty is complex IP litigation and disputes including contentious patent, trade mark, copyright, and confidential information and consumer protection/passing-off matters.

In the contentious space, I have acted for leading companies across a variety of IP rich sectors and technologies including pharmaceuticals, mining, automotive, electronic gaming, and fast moving consumer goods, including as part of a wider global litigation strategy. I regularly act for clients in proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia, High Court, as well in Patent Office, and Trade Mark Office proceedings, and appeals from those decisions.

In the non-contentious space, I advise clients on global trade mark protection strategy, including overseeing the management of large global trade mark portfolios.

Bird & Bird has a strong commitment to providing pro bono services, and in addition to my IP work, I am the Partner in charge of pro bono workflow across the Sydney office.

• Acting for a leading electronic gaming company in proceedings brought against a third party for copyright infringement.
• Acted for a mulitnational pharmaceutical company in the first decision in Australia to consider the recovery of damages arising from an undertaking as to damages given on an interlocutory injunction.
• Acting for a technology leading company in the mixed flow fan technology space in respect of allegations of a breach of confidential information made against a former employee.
• Acting for Dongkuk Steel, a large Korean steel manufacturer, in proceedings in which we successfully defended allegations of patent infringement made by Bluescope Steel.
• Acting in proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia which considered the issue of whether use of registered trade marks as part of Google AdWords campaigns is trade mark.
• Acted in an appeals from decisions of a Delegate of the Registrar of Trade Marks and Commissioner of Patents to the Federal Court.

• Elanco Australasia Pty Ltd v Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 640
• Globaltech Corporation Pty Ltd v Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 797
• Howden Australia Pty Ltd v Minetek Pty Ltd (Forensic Imaging) [2020] FCA 1419 (2 October 2020)
• BlueScope Steel Limited v Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 2117
• Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wyeth [2018] FCA 1556
• Notaras v Barcelona Pty Limited [2019] FCA 4
• IPC Global Pty Ltd v Pavetest Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 82
• Gram Engineering Pty Ltd v Oxworks Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 689