Strong patents underpin successful commercialisation and enforcement strategies. Unlike our competitors, all our patent attorneys are also lawyers with extensive experience in litigation and commercial matters. Therefore we bring a unique perspective to the drafting and prosecution of patents.
Our registration team also hold technical and scientific qualifications (some at PhD level) and have practical experience in areas relevant to our clients’ technologies, eg chemistry, engineering, computer science and biotechnology. This enables us to understand and protect the technology underpinning a research project, commercial transaction or patent litigation.
We have drafted patents in a wide range of technologies including:
- pharmaceuticals
- chemicals (such as geochemicals, physical chemistry and agrichemicals)
- biotechnology
- medical devices
- engineering (such as materials and electrical)
- eCommerce/business methods
- internet and communications
- food and beverage
- mechanical
We manage the worldwide patent portfolios (including drafting, filing and prosecuting) for many of Australian and overseas clients.
We have particular expertise and experience in the following fields.
- Life Sciences Life sciences inventions include pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices. It is an area of growing importance internationally with significant ongoing investment by industry and government to address escalating costs associated with an aging population. We act for many leading players in each discipline.
- Chemical The world continues to be reliant on chemical inventions for everyday items. We act for clients in many different sectors of the industry including agrochemicals, plastic recycling, coatings and resins and spectroscopic methods.
- eCommerce/Business Methods Business methods are patentable in Australia. These types of patents need special drafting and careful planning about enforcement. We have assisted clients with registration since the emergence of eCommerce including clients in the banking and financial services sectors, in marketing and in medical diagnostics.
All of our patent attorneys are registered in both Australia and New Zealand making it easier to coordinate patent strategies in these jurisdictions.
“Clients return to the practice here time and again for its ‘responsive and accommodating advisers’, who are just as at home whether dealing with contentions or non-contentious matters.”
Chambers Global Guide 2006-2007