Colin Golvan AM KC
- Commercial Law Intellectual Property
Colin Golvan has been a King’s Counsel at the Victorian Bar since 2002. He appears as senior counsel in copyright, trade marks, designs and patent cases, as well as in competition and misleading conduct cases in the Federal and High Court of Australia, and in mediations and arbitrations. Details of Federal Court cases in which he has appeared can be found here (trial decisions) and here (Full Court decisions).
Colin holds a Masters of Law degree from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) and Law degrees from Melbourne University. He has taught in the intellectual property area in the Masters of Law program at Melbourne University as a Visiting Fellow. He has lectured on intellectual property subjects throughout Australia and New Zealand. He was admitted to legal practice in 1985, and worked as a solicitor (and senior associate) for Phillips Fox Solicitors for three years prior to signing the Bar Roll in November 1988 (having read with former High Court Justice the Hon Susan Crennan AC).
He has served as chairperson of the board of trustees of the Victorian Bar Indigenous Barristers’ Fund, the Indigenous Lawyers Committee of the Victorian Bar and his Barristers’ clerking list (List G). He is also a former member of the Appeals Board of Football Federation Victoria.
He has been selected as a leading IP and trade practices counsel in the Best Lawyers of Australia, Doyle’s listings in the field of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation, Chambers and Global Asia Pacific and Legal 500 in 2014-2021.
In 2018, he was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Liability limited by a scheme approved under the Professional Standards Legislation
Contact
- P03 9225 8599
- M0438 844 627
- E[email protected]
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Emmerson Chambers
Level 18 Room 15
200 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Competition
- Consumer Law
- Contractual Disputes
- Appellate
- Confidential Information
- Copyright & Designs
- Information Technology
- Media & Entertainment
- Patents
- Privacy & Data Protection
- Telecommunications
- Trade Marks
Qualifications
Bachelor or of Arts (Hons)
Bachelor of Laws
Master of Laws
Victoria
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Tasmania
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Recent Cases
GM Global Technology Operations LLV v. SSS Auto Parts Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 97
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd. V. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company [2018] FCA 1014
Sportsbet Pty Ltd v. Crownbet Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1045
Stone & Wood Group Pty Ltd v. Intellectual Property Development Corporation Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 29
Verrocchi v. Direct Chemist Outlet Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 104
Connect TV Pty Ltd v. All Rounder Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 338
BLH Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd v. Pro 3 Products Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 833
Seafolly Pty Ltd v. Madden[2013] FCA 314; [2014] FCAFC 30
Phone Directories Company Australia Pty Ltd v. Telstra Corporation Ltd [2014] FCA 373
Australian Postal Corporation v. Digital Post Australia Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 1049; [2013] FCAFC 153
ACP Machinery Pty Ltd v. Aerospace Technologies of Australia Ltd [2013] FCA 1237
SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v Ciba Speciality Chemicals Water Treatments Limited [2011] FCA 452 [2012] FCAFC 95
Telstra Corporation Limited v. Phone Directories Company Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 44; [2010] FCAFC 149
Elwood Clothing Pty Ltd v. Cotton On Clothing Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 197
Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v Dennis Family Homes Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 276
Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v. Metricon Homes Pty Ltd[2007] FCA 1509; [2009] FCA 5; (No 2) [2007] FCA 1823; [2008] FCAFC 46
Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v. Carlisle Homes Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 930; [2009] FCAFC 48
Gold Peg International Pty Ltd v. Kovan Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 1794; [2006] FCAFC 117
Ullrich Aluminium Pty Ltd v. Dias Aluminium Products Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 1297; [2006] FCAFC 119
John Bulun Bulun v. R & T Textiles Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1082
George Milpurrurru v. Indofurn Pty Ltd(1994) 54 FCR 240
ACCC v. Australian Egg Corporation Limited [2017] FCAFC 152
ACCC v. Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 634
ACCC v. TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 54
ACCC V. Turi Foods Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1233
ACCC v. Apple Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 646
ACCC v. Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 87
Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v. Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd[2007] FCAFC 70; [2007] FCAFC 102; [2007] FCAFC 119; [2007] FCAFC 210; [2009] FCAFC 8
Blackman & Ors v Gant & Anor [2010] VSC 109; [2010] VSC 229; (No 2) [2010] VSC 246
Melway Publishing Pty Ltd v. Robert Hicks Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1379; [1999] FCAFC 664; [2001] HCA 13
Dynamic Hearing Pty Ltd v. Polaris Communications Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 890; [2010] FCAFC 135
Publications
Memberships
Victorian Bar - Commercial Bar Association
Indigenous Barristers Fund of the Victorian Bar, Chairman
Indigenous Barristers' Committee of the Victorian Bar, past Chairman
Museums Victoria, board member
Arts Centre Melbourne Foundation, member of the Board of Governors
Melbourne International Jazz Festival, board member
Football Federation Victoria - member Appeals Board
Australian Book Review, board member
Arts Law Centre of Australia, past board member
Viscopy, past Chairman
Victorian Writers' Centre, past Chairman
St. Martins Youth Theatre, past board member