CURRENT PRACTICE

I have specialised in intellectual property law since joining the Victorian Bar in 1998. The matters in which I have appeared include all aspects of patents, trade marks, designs and copyright law.

Education:   


1987                B.A. (University of Melbourne)

1988                LLB (Hons) (University of Melbourne)

1989                Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor of Supreme Court of Victoria       

1991                 LLM (University of Melbourne)

1998                 PhD (Monash University)

Employment:

1988                 White Cleland Solicitors, Melbourne

1990 - 1997       Various part-time academic positions at the University of Melbourne and Monash University, at the level of Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow

1993 -1997        Holder of the Australian Postgraduate Research Award to support PhD studies at Monash University.

1997                Solicitor, Clayton Utz, Melbourne

1998 – 2011      Barrister, Melbourne, specialising in intellectual property law.


NOTABLE APPEARANCES
Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 1169

Aspirating IP Limited v Vision Systems Ltd [2010] FCA 1061
The University of Western Australia v Gray 2009] FCAFC 116
Ranbaxy Australia Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC [2006] FCA 1787 (Young J) and on appeal [2008] FCAFC 82
NutraSweet Australia Pty Ltd v Ajinomoto Co Ltd [2005] FCA 1524 (Finkelstein J) and on appeal Ajinomoto Co Ltd v NutraSweet Australia Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 34
LED Technologies Pty Ltd v Elecspess Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1941 (Gordon J)
Stena Rederi Aktiebolag v Austal Ships Sales Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 864 (Tamberlin J) and on appeal     Austal Ships Sales Pty Ltd v Stena Rederi Aktiebolag [2008] FCAFC 121   

Austal Ships Pty Ltd v Stena Rederi Aktiebolag [2005] FCA 805 (Bennett J)
JMVB Enterprises Pty Ltd v Camoflag Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 1474 (Crennan J) and on appeal [2006] FCAFC 141

McCormick & Co Inc v McCormick [2000] FCA 1335 (Kenny J)
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH v Commissioner of Patents [2000] FCA 1918 (Heerey J) and on appeal [2001] FCA 647

Le Cordon Bleu BV v Cordon Bleu International Ltee [2000] FCA 1587 (Heerey J) and on appeal Renaud Cointreau v
Cordon Bleu International Ltee [2001] FCA 1170
Dr Martens Australia Pty Ltd v Rivers (Australia) Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1655 (Full Court).


Professional Affiliations:

Member: Victorian Bar, Law Institute of Victoria, AIPPI (Australia) Inc, Intellectual Property Society (Aust and NZ)
LLM Thesis:    “Copyright Law and Diffusion Services” (1990)

PhD Thesis     “From Privileges to the Paris Convention: The Role of Theoretical Debate in the Evolution of National and International Patent Protection” (1998) (Supervisor: Professor Sam Ricketson).
Publications, Speeches
Speech in the Federal Court in Perth on the topic of Innovation Patents – Ten Years in Review (August 2011)
Foundation Author and Co-ordinator, Patents section, vol 23, The Laws of Australia
Various articles: Australian Intellectual Property Journal








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