Recognitions
Melinda is commended in the WTR 1000: The World's Leading Trademark Professionals 2018 as a leading individual for prosecution and strategy.
Melinda has been listed as a recommended lawyer in Intellectual Property in the World Trademark Review since 2011, with clients stating that 'she has the appetite to invest the time and energy in her clients. Many IP lawyers seem to leave it to the business to decide what it needs, but not her – she is client focused and commercially oriented.'
Commentators brand her as a 'highly efficient and active partner with strong client skills' and 'extremely capable and astute'. From 2009, Melinda has been listed as a 'recommended lawyer' in the Intellectual Property category of Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and described as delivering 'a practical and complete answer which doesn't require extensive research and unnecessary expense.'
Most recently, Melinda has been recognised as a leading female intellectual property practitioner in the 2018 edition of Managing Intellectual Property's Top 250 Women in IP. This special publication recognises female practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year.
In Managing IP Stars, Melinda is recognised as a Trademark Star and in 2018 is described as 'highly recommended for complex trademark protection issues in Australia and New Zealand' and in 2017 'Melinda is a clear market leader'.
She is also a notable practitioner (band 4) Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Trademark & Copyright 2018 and has been listed in Best Lawyers for Intellectual Property Law since 2016.