Kellie Stonier, Founder & Principal

Kellie is an intellectual property lawyer and registered trade marks attorney with deep experience helping clients identify, protect and enforce their IP assets in Australia and internationally. After 25 years of advising major brands, innovative businesses and global rights holders, Kellie established Stonier IP, a boutique practice dedicated to delivering strategic and commercially grounded IP solutions.

Kellie's experience spans the full spectrum of contentious and non‑contentious IP matters. She has acted in complex trade mark, copyright, competition & consumer law, confidential information, design and patent disputes. Kellie has particular expertise in trade mark portfolio management, oppositions and revocation proceedings, international brand protection strategies and advertising and marketing law.

Recognised in Chambers & Partners, WIPR, WTR, IAM Patent 1000, Best Lawyers, The Legal 500 and Doyle’s Guide, Kellie has a track record of providing advice that is technically robust but also practical, proactive and commercially valuable.

• Intellectual Property Committee, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia, Member
• Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand (IPSANZ), Member
• Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA), Member 

• Notary Society of Queensland, Member 

• Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Queensland
• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Queensland
• Master of Laws (Intellectual Property), University of Melbourne
• Effective Director Course, Governance Institute of Australia

• Registered Trade Marks Attorney

• Notary Public