PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Law
Technology and Intangible Assets including IP oriented agreements are my specialisation. I've seen every trick in the book - drafters of these agreements oftentimes contort and hide terms - I have a keen eye to spot these attempts to take more than negotiated. Instead, my approach is to use plain English and clearly define what is given and what is taken. I do not want my clients to buy a lawsuit. I want them to go forward, gain what they need and want, and get on with business.
Licensing, M&A, Purchase and Sales, R&D, Consent Agreements, Deeds
Strategy
Intangible Assets include IP. There are so many ways that a business can benefit from identifying what it actually owns by way of an audit - especially when anticipating a merger or acquisition. Apart from the obvious IP assets normally front of mind like patents and trade marks, there may be a pot of gold in your business when it comes to intangible assets like copyrights, trade dress (get up), goodwill, confidential information (such as data) and know-how. It is worth itemising these assets to add book value to your business. For example, Google booked its goodwill value at $29B in 2023.
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Strategy further includes landscape (Freedom-to-Operate) analyses - by combing public databases learning the directions in which your competitors are moving with their innovations, a common practice among IP savvy companies.
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Strategy also includes managing your own innovation with innovation tools.
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Strategy involves building portfolios of registered IP rights.
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IP Strategy, Intangible Assets Audits, Due Diligence, M&A, Dispute Resolution
Technologies
ICT, Software, Electronics, Mechanical and Industrial Arts
Having a background in Physics, I am at ease with the hard sciences
Patents, Designs and Trade Mark Law
I am registered as a US and Australian Patent and Design Attorney and Licensed to Practise Law in the State of Victoria so I can also perform trade mark registration services. I work with a large IP firm to file and docket my patent filings and a small IP boutique firm that dockets my trade mark filings. Each of these firms has overseas resources, including PCT and Madrid Protocol filings. I have written and prosecuted well over 500 patent applications and filed and prosecuted hundreds of trade mark applications, world-wide.
IP Strategy, Registered IP rights Portfolio Management, Prep and Pros, Oppositions, Litigation Support