With real-world experience backed by an extensive support network extending from Australia across the Asia-Pacific, our specialist Spruson & Ferguson trade mark, patent and design attorneys in Melbourne advise and act for clients across a diverse range of industries and sectors.

Melbourne

Level 27, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Melbourne, Australia
Andrew Lowe
Principal
Patents: Engineering & ICT, Designs
+61 3 8637 7131 andrew.lowe@spruson.com
Andrew is a Principal specialising in the prosecution of patent and design applications in Australia and overseas; representing clients in oppositions; infringement and validity advice; litigation support in contentious…
Andrew is a Principal specialising in the prosecution of patent and design applications in Australia and overseas; representing clients…
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Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Catherine Winbanks
Principal
Patents: Chemical & Life Science
+61 3 9067 0948 catherine.winbanks@spruson.com
Catherine Winbanks is a Principal in our Melbourne biotechnology team. Catherine specialises in patent matters for the biotechnology, agricultural and life sciences sectors. She practices in prosecuting and overseeing patent…
Catherine Winbanks is a Principal in our Melbourne biotechnology team. Catherine specialises in patent matters for the biotechnology, agricultural and…
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Melbourne, Australia
Ean Blackwell
Principal
Patents: Chemical & Life Science
+61 3 8637 7131 ean.blackwell@spruson.com
Ean is a Principal in Spruson & Ferguson’s Chemical/Life Sciences team in Australia. He is an experienced patent attorney specialising in biotechnology, qualified to practice in Australia, New Zealand,…
Ean is a Principal in Spruson & Ferguson’s Chemical/Life Sciences team in Australia. He is an experienced patent attorney…
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Melbourne Patent Services

Spruson & Ferguson provide a range of patent-related services across multiple industries and all fields of technologies. Our patent attorneys in Melbourne have extensive expertise advising and acting for entrepreneurs, startups, major corporations and research firms.

Our experienced Spruson & Ferguson patent attorneys are Asia-Pacific specialists and can assist with:

  • Filing and prosecution patent applications in the Asia-Pacific 
  • Patent novelty and infringement searches
  • Patent opposition proceedings
  • Patent portfolio management
  • Invention patentability advice 
  • Patent specification drafts
  • Patent monitoring
  • Patent renewals

Additionally, our patent attorneys in Melbourne help clients with patent licensing and technology transfers, litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Other IP Services

Melbourne is an important commercial centre for Australia, and our experienced team provides clients with high quality and commercially relevant intellectual property services. In addition to Spruson & Ferguson offering access to expert patent attorneys in Melbourne, our firm is also a leader in other IP services, which include: 

Trade Marks

The Spruson & Ferguson Melbourne office is renowned throughout the Asia-Pacific for its highly experienced trade mark practitioners who provide a comprehensive range of trade mark services for local and global clients.

Design Registration

Our experienced IP attorneys in Melbourne have worked extensively with Victorian clients to obtain and enforce registered design protection. Once registered, a design can be a valuable commercial asset that gives a business exclusive rights to use, license or sell it. 

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