Experience

Marquette IP

• Australia
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director | Lawyer & Registered Trade Marks Attorney (AU & NZ)

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  Sarah is an Australian Lawyer, Registered Trade Marks Attorney and the Managing Director of Marquette IP. Sarah specialises in trade marks and brand protection for the creative sector. Her practice includes working across a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including trade mark prosecution, trade mark clearance, IP disputes and the leveraging of IP assets through commercialisation strategies. Sarah has a particular specialisation in international brand protection rights and works with a large number of international companies, including clothing retailers, industrial designers and Software App developers, on protecting and managing their IP in global markets. Her dealings with a number of high-profile international brands provide she is also experienced in Anti-Counterfeiting Programs, customs proceedings and infringement detection training for Australian Customs & Border Control officials. Uniquely, Sarah expands on the routine practice of IP law by providing consultancy to a number of Digital, Branding & Creative Agencies to maximise investment in intellectual property assets and safeguard the development of unencumbered brands. In collaborating with these Agencies to deliver tailored advice on maximising the value of IP, Sarah draws on industry “know-how” gained from 3 years’ experience working at a Digital & Creative Branding Agency. Sarah holds a double-degree Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Criminology from Deakin University, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Australian National University and is currently completing a Masters of Intellectual Property at the University of Melbourne.



International Trademark Association (INTA)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Public Information Committee Member

  • Sep 2019 - Present



RMIT University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • 2016 - Present

  Sarah is a regular guest lecturer for the Fashion Entrepreneurship unit at RMIT University - School of Business & Fashion. Sarah speaks on IP topics of trade mark, copyright and design protection that apply directly to the fashion industry. Sarah is a regular guest lecturer for the Fashion Entrepreneurship unit at RMIT University - School of Business & Fashion. Sarah speaks on IP topics of trade mark, copyright and design protection that apply directly to the fashion industry.



General Assembly

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • 2016 - Present

  Sarah is regularly invited as a guest lecturer at General Assembly, presenting workshops on brand strategy, such as the last session ‘Trade Mark Law 101: Protecting your brand’. These masterclasses are directed at start-ups and enterprise, with the view to safeguarding their brand development journey and educate on the commercialisation of IP. Sarah is regularly invited as a guest lecturer at General Assembly, presenting workshops on brand strategy, such as the last session ‘Trade Mark Law 101: Protecting your brand’. These masterclasses are directed at start-ups and enterprise, with the view to safeguarding their brand development journey and educate on the commercialisation of IP.



Marks & Clerk

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lawyer

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2015

  Sarah works on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters for local and international clients, including trade mark oppositions, searches, prosecution and portfolio management. Sarah also specialises in anti-counterfeiting programs, customs proceedings and identification training for Australian Customs officials. Sarah works on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters for local and international clients, including trade mark oppositions, searches, prosecution and portfolio management. Sarah also specialises in anti-counterfeiting programs, customs proceedings and identification training for Australian Customs officials.