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Kevin Glover

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Tel: +64 9 307 9814
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Fax: +64 9 307 1572
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Qualifications

LLB (Hons) (University of Waikato)

LLM (University of Cambridge)

Admitted: 2000

Barrister Sole: 2009

Areas of Practice

Broadcasting & Media

Civil Litigation / General

Commercial Litigation

Intellectual Property (trade mark, patent and copyright law; information technology law and litigation)

Media Law and Defamation

General Background

Kevin practises in the area of commercial disputes. He has particular expertise in intellectual property and has acted as counsel in cases involving copyright, patents, trade marks, passing off, the Fair Trading Act, domain name issues and breach of confidence.

He also acts on a wide range of other types of disputes and has recently acted on matters involving contractual issues, company liquidations, personal insolvency, Lawyers and Conveyancers Act complaints (on behalf of solicitors), judicial review and the Property Law Act.

Kevin works with solicitors from around the country on behalf of clients including high profile companies and organisations, Government entities, small and medium sized businesses and individuals.

Academic

  • Awarded a first in LL.M at University of Cambridge (Sidney Sussex College) (2003-04).
  • Awarded Spencer Mason scholarship (2003).
  • Awarded scholarship from the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (2003).
  • First class honours in LL.B (Hons) at University of Waikato (1996-1999).

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Professional Background expand

  • Bell Gully, Auckland (Senior Associate; previously Senior Solicitor) (2005 to 2009).
  • Ashurst, London (Solicitor) (2004 to 2005), including secondment to UK legal team of Sanofi-Aventis (2005).
  • Bell Gully, Auckland (Solicitor) (2002 to 2003).
  • Russell McVeagh, Auckland (Solicitor) (2000 to 2002).
  • Tutor at university of Auckland (2000 - 2002)

Recent Experience expand

  • Sole counsel for respondents in application for partition under the Property Law Act (High Court, 2011).
  • Lead counsel in successful opposition to application for interim injunction on patent matter (High Court, 2010).
  • Junior counsel for party which successfully opposed applications for bankruptcy proposals (High Court, 2010).
  • Lead counsel on copyright matter (Court of Appeal, 2009).
  • Sole counsel in trade mark oppositions before Assistant Commissioner of Trade Marks (various).

Publications and Relevant Activites expand

  • Updating author of "Copyright" chapter of Laws of New Zealand. (LexisNexis) (2009 to present).
  • Contributing author to New Zealand's leading text on copyright law, Copyright and Design (Lexis Nexis) (2010 to present).
  • Visiting lecturer at University of Auckland for intensive LLM paper on copyright law (2011).
  • NZLS Advanced Litigation Skills Programme (2009).
  • "Section 92A revisited" [2009] NZ Lawyer 121
  • "Domain name dispute resolution" [2009] NZLJ 35.
  • "The own name defence to trade mark infringement and passing off in New Zealand" (2003) 3 NZIPJ 169.
  • "Comparative advertising in New Zealand" [2003] NZLJ 133.
  • "Update on comparative advertising" [2003] NZLJ 159.
  • "Book review: New Zealand Court of Appeal 1958-1996: A History" (2003) 11 Waik L Rev 174.
  • "Sports sponsorship in New Zealand" [2001] NZLJ 124.
  • "Severing the ties that bind? The development of a distinctive New Zealand jurisprudence" (2000) 8 Waik L Rev 25.

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the New Zealand committee of the Intellectual Property of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) (2008 to present).
  • Member of NZ Bar Association, Legal Research Foundation, and New Zealand Law Society.