B Juris LL B (Hons) Notary Public
Admitted: 1990
Signed Bar Roll: 2nd Dec 2004
Admitted to Practice in: Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, High Court.
Phone: 9670 0033
Fax: 9602 2400
Mobile: 0437 550 048
E-Mail: rmccormack@darlingtonchambers.com.au
Booking Contact: richowells@vicbar.com.au
Areas of Practice:
Mediation Areas
Profile
Richard McCormack practices primarily in the areas of Industrial and Intellectual Property, Insurance and Commercial Law.
Richard's particular areas of specialty include in the fields of industrial and intellectual property, insurance and commercial law, trade practices, sports law, equity and appellate work.
He has appeared as counsel in the High Court in matters involving intellectual property (copyright and designs), insurance law, and also sports law. Richard also has appeared in the Federal and Supreme Courts throughout Australia in a diverse range of various matters concerning industrial and intellectual property, insurance, and commercial law matters, and appeals.
Practice Particulars
His practice involves appearing in and advising upon matters which involve a wide range of technical and scientifically complex disciplines. Richard's areas of practice include advising in relation to the preparation of technical expert evidence for use in court proceedings and particularly in relation to patent opposition hearings in the Australian Intellectual Property Office (AIPO).
Intellectual Property
- opposition hearings
- advising in relation to all aspects of preparation and settling of drafts of expert evidence (statutory declarations for opposition proceedings and affidavits for use in legal proceedings), in a wide range of scientific and technically complex disciplines
- infringement actions and revocation claims
- non-infringement declarations and petitions
- appeals from decisions of Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade Marks and Registrar of Designs, and court decisions
Insurance Law
Other Matters
Commercial Law
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