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Jessie McKenna

Jessie McKenna

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Professional Summary

Jessie has a broad practice, and specialises in all areas of intellectual property, general commercial law, competition law, and consumer law and trade practices. Jessie has experience appearing for clients before the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Supreme Court of NSW, District Court, Local Court, the Trade Marks Office and the Patents Office. As a solicitor, Jessie also has experience acting for clients before the High Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Since being called to the Bar, Jessie has developed a strong practice in complex intellectual property litigation, including having acted in cases concerning patents, trade marks, copyright, confidential information and commercial disputes. Her work in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors is supported by a strong scientific background and experience in in the medical research and pharmaceutical industries. Jessie also has a strong general commercial practice, having appeared led and unled in the Supreme, District and Local Courts of NSW. Jessie has been recognised in Doyles Guide as a Leading Intellectual Property Junior Counsel – NSW, 2025 and 2026. Prior to being called to the Bar, Jessie was a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property and Technology team at DLA Piper, where she specialised in life sciences litigation, and an Associate in the Intellectual Property team at Allens, where she worked on a broad range of litigious and commercial intellectual property matters. Jessie holds a Juris Doctor (with Distinction) from the University of New South Wales, graduating with an Order of Merit, and a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney. Before becoming a solicitor, she worked in medical research for 3 years in the fields of molecular biology and bioinformatics. She has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in relation to this research.

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Cases

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  • NOCO Co v Brown and Watson International Pty Ltd[2026] FCAFC 44
  • AstraZeneca AB v Pharmacor Pty Ltd (No 2)[2026] FCA 414
  • AstraZeneca AB v Pharmacor Pty Ltd (No 3)[2026] FCA 565
  • AstraZeneca AB v Pharmacor Pty Ltd (No 4)[2026] FCA 663
  • Janssen Pharmaceutica NV & Anor v Juno Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd

  • Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd (reserved).

  • O’Brien Glass Industries Limited v O’Brien Boiler Services Pty Ltd

  • Rhino Rack Australia Pty Limited v Industrias Jed S.r.l [2025] ATMO

  • Paige LLC v Sage and Paige Collective Pty Ltd (Costs) [2025] FCA

  • t/a Key Real Estate Photography v Zeedan Property Group Pty Ltd

  • Poolshop.com.au Pty Ltd v Swim Investments Pty Ltd t/a South Coast

  • Nguyen v Northern Sydney Local Health District[2025] NSWCA 107
  • Nguyen v Northern Sydney Local Health District & Anor (No 2) [2024]

  • Urbis Valuations Pty Ltd v Mereworth Property Pty Ltd

  • CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd v Apple Pty Limited[2025] FCA 489
  • Jusand Nominees Pty Ltd v Rattlejack Innovations Pty Ltd & Ors

  • Redbubble v Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd

  • Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited v Redbubble Ltd (No 5) (2022) 168 IPR 217[2022] FCA 837
  • Pro-Pac Packaging (Aust) Pty Ltd v Linhua Packaging Pty Ltd & Ors.

  • Secure Electronics (Australia) Pty Ltd v Bosch Security Systems B.V. & Anor (2024/00074841

  • Lift Shop Pty Ltd v Next Level Elevators Pty Ltd (No 4) [2024]

  • Secure Electronics (Australia) Pty Ltd v Bosch Security Systems B.V.

  • Lift Shop Pty Ltd v Next Level Elevators Pty Ltd

  • Invisalign Australia Pty Ltd v SmileDirectClub LLC & Anor [2024]

Admissions

  • 2024Admitted as legal practitioner

Qualifications

  • 2018

    Juris Doctor (with Distinction) (Order of Merit)

    University of New South Wales

  • 2013

    B Science (Hons I)

    University of Sydney

Documents

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