In November 2009 ClarkeKann formally launched a new business group – the ClarkeKann Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) Team,.
The TMT Team is jointly headed by Michael Sparksman (Managing Partner) and Paul Hunt (Managing Director NSW).  
The team focuses on the TMT industries, existing clients and potential clients that work in this area, and service providers such as accountants and corporate advisors who have TMT clients.

This includes:

• Telecommunications Carriers, and Carriage Service Providers
• Broadcasters and Pay TV companies;
• Film, Television and New Media producers and distributors;
• Advertising agencies, Talent Management agencies;
• Software developers, licensors and distributors;
• Corporations that utilise any of the above. 

ClarkeKann’s experience in TMT

The TMT Team’s experience and clients include:

Australian Film Syndicate Pty Ltd
Film Distribution Agreements, negotiation with Screen Australia, negotiation with producers.

Barbeques Galore Pty Ltd
Trade Marks, agreements with advertising agencies, trade practices, advertising clearance, trade promotions.

Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Limited
ICT Strategic Planning; Advisory Services and Legal Services.

Centre for Lower Emissions Technology, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Legume Research, National ICT Australia Ltd
Preparation of all agreements necessary to establish joint ventures involving universities, industry and government).

Comart (licensee of ERT Greek National Broadcast Service)
Advice on breach of copyright by an Australian company engaged in unlicensed retransmission of a broadcast of the ERT Service, and the (un)enforceability of an injunction from a Greek court against that company and associated individuals.

Co-operative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology
Corporate structuring to establish a corporate entity (Vaccine Solutions Pty Ltd) through which intellectual property of the CRC is commercialised.

Dungog Film Festival Ltd
Constitution and application for complying deductible gift recipient status, agreement with the shire, agreements with sponsors, trade marks.

EMAP Australia Pty Ltd
pre-publication clearances for articles particularly for the Zoo Weekly, FHM, Tracks and Madison magazines
providing advice from time to time on defamation, copyright and contempt ; providing advice as to the content on the www.zooweekly.com.au and www.fhm.com.au websites, particularly into restricted content and classification of the content; trade promotions and competitions; drafting consent and release forms for execution by individuals who were to appear in their magazines; legal training for journalists on issues such as Trade Practices compliance, copyright, privacy, defamation, and contempt.

Global Poverty Project Ltd
Establishment and trust deed for complying deductible gift recipient status, trade marks.

Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd
ICT Strategic Planning; Advisory Services and Legal Services.

Golden Casket Lottery Corporation Limited (and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bounty Limited)
Drafting and negotiating licence agreements in relation to applications in respect of the gaming industry; technology development agreements.

GWA International Limited Group
Preparation of agreements with intention for the roll-out and implementation throughout the Group of enterprise resource software.

Herron Pharmaceuticals
Drafting infrastructure agreements to facilitate the establishment of research laboratories and equipment sharing.

IMBCom Pty Ltd
Preparation of commercial research and royalty sharing agreements between university start-up companies and industry.

Kelvin Grove Urban Village
Department of Housing Legal Advisor on Optical Fibre (Wave 7) Network Supply & Installation Agreement and Network Operation and Maintenance Agreement for this major precinct development (JV) Project between the State and Brisbane City Council.

Lucent Technologies
Risk management project affecting the Nexgen Networks & Visionstream Fibre Optic Cable Network between Brisbane and Perth.

Mt Isa Airport Pty Ltd
ICT Strategic Planning; Advisory Services and Legal Services.

Naked Communications Pty Ltd (subsidiary of Photon Group Ltd ASX: PGA)
Trade Marks, production advice, agreements with advertisers, in addition to litigation and general commercial work.

Northern Territory Airports Pty Ltd
ICT Strategic Planning; Advisory Services on the deployment of airport telecommunication optical fibre and wireless networks servicing corporate and the airport community for Darwin, Alice Springs and Tenant Creek Airports.

OPENetworks
Carrier license, delegation, co-location, infrastructure access and regulatory matters.

Pfizer (Australia) Pty Ltd
Preparation and negotiation of clinical trial agreements between the University of Queensland and a Pfizer.

Research Project Agreements
Drafting and negotiating domestic and international research project agreements containing sophisticated IP commercialisation machinery (eg: options, rights of first refusal to exclusive licences etc) with:
industry (Caltex, Comalco);
the tertiary sector (University of Queensland);
government (Queensland Health, Department of Health and Ageing (C’lth)); and
R&D corporations (Grains R&D Corporation, Sugar R&D Corporation).

Pacific Environmin Ltd
Documentation of agreements to vend intellectual property into the TechStar Group, and licensing agreements for technology.

RightICT Pty Ltd
Advice on all aspects of the Telecommunications Act, Regulations, Ministerial Determinations and documentation affected by such instruments.

RP Data Limited
Trademark registrations in Australia and New Zealand.

Sanctuary Cove, Queensland
Stage 2 broadband network and community ICT services development and carrier negotiations. http://www.sanctuarycove.com/.

TCO Pty Ltd (subsidiary of STW Communications Group Ltd ASX: SGN)
Trade Marks, production advice, agreements with advertisers and broadcasters, in addition to litigation and general corporate and commercial work.

Townsville Airport Pty Ltd
ICT Strategic Planning; Advisory Services and Legal Services.

Traffic Pty Ltd
Trade Marks, production advice, agreements with advertisers, in addition to litigation and general commercial work.

Truckmania Pty Ltd
Trade Marks, production advice, agreements with advertisers, in addition to litigation and general commercial work.

SamFry Ltd
Establishment of joint venture for Stephen Fry website, trade marks, digital content commercialisation agreements.

SelecTV Broadcasting Pty Ltd
Advising in relation to interruption to the transmission of SelecTV service due to testing of a new satellite in the vicinity of the satellite used by SelecTV; Transmission and an equipment Licence Deed with Intelsat; Content Acquisition; Ensuring compliance under the Broadcasting Act; consumer terms and conditions and compliance with the Fair Trading legislation in each of the states and territories; distribution agreements; joint ventures
trade promotions and other competitions.

For more information please see Technology, Media, & Telecommunications.

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