Brad Postma

Dr. Brad Postma

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Patents: Engineering & ICT, Designs
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Overview

Brad helps businesses to make money from inventions. He specialises in patenting products so that they cannot be copied.

Brad has prepared hundreds of patent applications for Australia’s largest filer of US patent applications, in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.

With more than 16 years’ experience in intellectual property protection, Brad understands and advises on the commercialisation of patents. He is also an experienced engineer, and previously worked at Robert Bosch designing electronics for BMW and Volkswagen (VW). He was the chief hardware design engineer for the largest volume electronics product in Australia with sales of ~1.8 million units per annum.

Brad is also a trade mark attorney with extensive commercial experience.

Brad is the author of Junior to Partner in Under 5 Years. Brad has authored several articles and is often asked to speak in relation to Intellectual Property issues.


Dr. Brad Postma's Insights
Innovation Patent is Gone, What’s Next?
The innovation patent system was intended to be a second tier patent system. Advantageously, the innovation patent served the needs of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) finding it difficult...
The innovation patent system was intended to be a second tier patent system. Advantageously, the innovation patent served the...
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IP Australia fee changes effective from 1 October 2020
IP Australia have announced changes to some of their fees, effective from 1st October 2020. The changes are intended to defer some of the costs to the renewal phase of...
IP Australia have announced changes to some of their fees, effective from 1st October 2020. The changes are intended to...
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Patent Owners: Key Things to Know
Patent owners need to know their options and any implications of their decisions. Most of the time, patent owners really just want to know two things: - How long will...
Patent owners need to know their options and any implications of their decisions. Most of the time, patent owners...
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The secret to making money from an invention
As a patent attorney, I have seen the full range of ideas from the brilliant to the downright crazy. Some inventions will go absolutely gangbusters and make millions of...
As a patent attorney, I have seen the full range of ideas from the brilliant to the downright crazy....
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