“I’m a strategist when it comes to IP. What drives me is giving my clients the perspective to turn their IP Into a working portfolio which delivers commercial outcomes.I love seeing my clients’ products on the shelf. In the end, that’s what it’s about. Innovation is often remarkable, but unless it’s successful in the marketplace it hasn’t done its job – and neither have I.”

I AM: Always learning

Title: Principal, Patent and Trade Marks Attorney

Qualifications: Bachelor of Science

I qualified in organic chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology. I have extensive experience in patent strategy development, drafting, prosecution, opposition, pre litigation and competitor analysis in the fields of chemical synthesis, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, polymer chemistry, molecular biology, formulation chemistry and in the application of these technologies to human and animal healthcare and consumer products.

In assisting several ASX listed companies choose, protect, use and actively manage their brands for maximum impact in the local and overseas marketplaces, I achieve a real, tangible and current commercial perspective to my work.

Imparting my knowledge about IP and IAM gives me huge satisfaction. I am appointed to the Faculties of Law teaching practical aspects of patent law at The University of Melbourne and Monash University, and regularly guest lecture for Chartered Secretaries Australia, for IP Australia and for other professional bodies.

I also relish “giving back” to the IP industry. I am appointed to the Australian IP industry’s peak professional body; the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys, the Advisory Board of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, and am the Immediate Past President of the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand.


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