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Caitlin Hadlee

Caitlin is a litigator specialising in entertainment law and intellectual property law, together with technology disputes. She has particular expertise in disputes relating to copyright infringement, trade mark infringement, defamation, consumer protection law, negligence, competition and contractual disputes. She prides herself on making litigation as smooth, efficient and stress free as possible for her clients and she is frequently praised for her careful yet commercially workable advice and clear communication style. Caitlin represents significant rights holders, as well as individual authors, artists and start-ups, across the music, art, fashion, gaming, software and film industries. She also frequently advises technology, telecommunications and television /film industry clients, who need to use the rights of content creators as part of their products or projects. She regularly appears for clients in Courts ranging from the District Court to the Court of Appeal and she also appears as counsel at hearings before specialist trade mark tribunals such as IPONZ and IP Australia. · Hudson Gavin Martin

New ZealandLitigation, Intellectual Property

About

Caitlin Hadlee is a litigator at Hudson Gavin Martin in New Zealand, specialising in entertainment law, intellectual property and technology disputes. She represents rights holders, authors, artists and start-ups across music, art, fashion, gaming, software and film, and regularly appears in courts from the District Court to the Court of Appeal and before specialist trade mark tribunals such as IPONZ and IP Australia.

Practice areas

LitigationIntellectual PropertyEntertainmentTechnologyRegulatoryCompetitionConsumer Protection

Office

Expertise

MusicArtFashionGamingSoftwareFilmTelecommunicationsTelevisionStart-ups

Education

  • BA
  • LLB (Hons)

Admissions

  • New Zealand (admitted 2003)