Overview
Duncan is a specialist intellectual property lawyer. He has extensive IP litigation expertise with 18 years’ experience.
Duncan’s practice focuses on patent disputes, including in the mining/energy, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, information technology, financial services, and consumer goods sectors.
He is an expert litigator, conducting major complex IP litigation in the Federal Court of Australia and High Court of Australia. Significant cases in which Duncan has played a leading role include patent litigation for Dyno Nobel (explosives), Otsuka and Lundbeck (pharmaceuticals), Zoetis (animal health), Ecolab/Nalco (industrial chemicals), InfoTrack (ICT) and Fuchs (industrial lubricants), as well as other intellectual property disputes for many other major Australian and foreign clients.
Duncan has developed a significant practice in conducting oppositions in the Australian Patent Office, including for client such as James Hardie (building products), Zoetis (animal health), Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals), Dyno Nobel (explosives), Manildra Milling Corporation (food technology) and EMD Millipore (membrane products).
Duncan is a member of the Law Council of Australia’s Intellectual Property Committee and of the South Australian Committee of the Energy & Resources Law Association. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand and regularly attends conferences and events of other leading IP societies including the International Trade Mark Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the International Bar Association and BIO.
Duncan has been consistently ranked in notable legal publications such as Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Legal 500 and IAM Patent 1000.
