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| Internationally, the biotechnology industry presents an extremely diversified and rapidly advancing field. Participants in this industry face particular challenges in addressing intellectual property issues.
The protection and management of intellectual property in biotechnology is fundamental to its successful commercialisation. With rapid advances in areas such as bioinformatics, proteomics, nanotechnology, and functional and structural genomics, the Biotechnology Department of Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick has grown and diversified to meet the worldwide trends and challenges of the biotechnology industry.
The department consists of highly qualified and experienced industrial and academic researchers. The group has a wealth of experience in patents in all of the traditional biotechnology areas and is constantly targeting new biotechnology frontiers. Members of the department have research and patent experience in biochemistry, bioinformatics, proteomics, microarrays, drug delivery, medical devices, microbiology, cell biology, immunology, genomics, pharmacology virology molecular biology and physiology.
The Biotechnology department can provide patent drafting and prosecution services, opposition and patent litigation, strategic patent advice for the Australian and overseas markets, IP audits and advice relating to the commercialization of your products and ideas. With years of combined IP experience, research experience and industrial and commercial experience, the group is well equipped to fully understand you, your IP needs and familiarise and describe your biotechnology projects to maximise their intrinsic commercial value.
Biotechnology is one of several industries in which Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick specialises. With a strong base in Melbourne, and experienced practitioners in both our Sydney and Adelaide offices, we are well represented to meet your needs. Where biotechnology converges with other technologies, the group is well placed to draw upon the knowledge and experience of other highly skilled professionals in the firm, with specialisations including chemistry, materials and chemical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics and IT and metallurgy.
At Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick we believe in a Partnering philosophy. We understand that it takes teamwork to create a new biotechnology product and it can take a team to protect its IP. The Biotechnology group not only assists major corporations such as MedVet Science Pty Ltd, Ingenko Pty Ltd, and GroPep Pty Ltd with their biotechnology needs, but also assists individuals, smaller established companies and start ups, as well as academic and research institutions including Monash University, Baker Medical Research Institute, Australian National University, Peter MaCallum Cancer Centre, CSIRO and St Vincents Institute of Medical Research to identify potential IP, protect and manage their IP portfolios, and commercialise their products and ideas. The department works closely with our affiliated firms PO&F Lawyers and IP Organisers to offer these services to clients.
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