PATENT LEADERS
AUSTRALIA
Name: Byron Angelopulo Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Robert Arnold Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Joy Atacador Position: Partner Law firm: Dentons
Name: Janelle Borham Position: Principal / Patent Attorney Law firm: Griffith Hack
Name: Jessica Chadbourne Position: Associate, Patent Attorney, Trade Mark Attorney Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Wayne Condon Position: Founder / Principal Law firm: Biopharmalex
Name: Robert Cooper Position: Partner Law firm: MinterEllison
Name: Jennifer Driver Position: Principal Law firm: Actuate IP
Name: Jennifer Enmon Position: Special Counsel, Patent Attorney, Trade Mark Attorney Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Jacinta Flattery-O’Brien Position: Special Counsel, Patent Attorney Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Peter Francis Position: Partner Law firm: FAL Lawyers
Name: Sue Gilchrist Position: Head of Intellectual Property Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
Name: Tim Golder Position: Partner Law firm: Allens
Name: Robert Gough Position: Associate Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Odette Gourley Position: Partner Law firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Name: Linda Govenlock Position: Partner / Patent Attorney Law firm: Allens Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys
Name: Ken Hamilton Position: Principal Law firm: Spruson & Ferguson
Name: Philip Kerr Position: Senior Patent Counsel Law firm: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Edward Genocchio
Position: Senior principal
Law firm: Spruson & Ferguson
Phone: +61 2 9393 0100
Email: edward.genocchio@spruson.com
Website: www.spruson.com
Trained originally as an engineer in the power generation and mining industries, Edward Genocchio entered the patent attorney profession in 1997.
With more than 20 years’ experience, he is a senior principal of the Engineering ICT Group for Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Islands having previously been the principal manager of the Patent Lodgements Group, lead principal of the Engineering ICT Group and principal manager of the South Pacific Islands Patent practice.
Genocchio specialises in drafting patents, global portfolio management, contentious matters, enforcement and commercialisation.
His practice covers industries such as consumer and medical products, power generation, agtech, packaging, robotics, sports and fitness, construction, mining and the military.
Professional affiliations include the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia, Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand, Asian Patent Attorneys Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Name: James Lawrence Position: Partner Law firm: Mills Oakley
Name: Anne Makrigiorgos Position: Principal / Trademark / Patent Attorney & Lawyer Law firm: Griffith Hack
Name: Alex May Position: Senior Associate, Lawyer Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Jennifer McEwan Position: Principal / National Practice Leader - Trademarks Law firm: Wrays
Name: Shaun McVicar Position: Partner Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
Name: Kathryn Morris Position: Principal / Patent Attorney Law firm: Griffith Hack
Name: Fiona Nguyen
Position: Founder / Principal
Law firm: Girl Friday IP
Name: Leanne Oitmaa Position: Principal / Trademark & Patent Attorney, Lawyer Law firm: Griffith Hack
Name: Ian Pascarl Position: Principal Lawyer Law firm: Davies Collison Cave Law
Name: Naomi Pearce Position: Principal, Lawyer, Patent Attorney, Trade Mark Attorney Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Nicky Shanks Position: Attorney Law firm: Cotters
Name: Grant Shoebridge Position: Special Counsel, Patent Attorney Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Kristin Stammer Position: Partner Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
Name: Amanda Stark Position: Principal / Patent Attorney Law firm: Griffith Hack
Name: Stephen Stern Position: Partner Law firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Name: Mary Still Position: Consultant Law firm: Clayton Utz
Name: Matthew Swinn Position: Managing Partner / Dispute Resolution & Taxation Law firm: King & Wood Mallesons
Name: John Swinson Position: Partner Law firm: King & Wood Mallesons
Name: Melinda Upton Position: Partner Law firm: DLA Piper
Name: Russell Waters Position: Trademark Attorney Law firm: Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Name: Anthony Willis Position: Partner Law firm: Maddocks
