Our Expertise

Electronics, Physics and IT

The Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Electronics, Physics and IT (EPIT) practice group includes individuals ready to assist you with the task of protecting and exploiting developments in a range of leading edge fields as diverse as:

>   Business Methods

>   Communications

>   Computer Science

>   Crystallography

>   Digital Printing

>   eCommerce

>   Electromechanical Engineering

>   Electronics

>   Financial Systems

>   Games and Systems

>   Hardware

>   Information Technology

>   Internet Technologies

>   Lasers

>   Multimedia

>   Nanotechnology

>   Optics

>   Photonics

>   Physics

>   Software

>   Spectroscopy

>   Telecommunications

>   X-ray Diffraction

 

Our team consists of technically qualified people with a wealth of industry experience who can provide a full range of intellectual property services including patent drafting and prosecution services, advice on infringement and validity and strategic patent advice. The team is constantly updating its technical knowledge to ensure it is up to the pace of fast moving technologies and is actively involved in industry groups in Australia and overseas.

The team has practitioners in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, and is in regular contact to share knowledge and experience.

We work closely with our clients to ensure their patenting strategy supports their business objectives.

 

Our Electronics, Physics and IT Team

Ross McFarlane

Partner, EPIT Team Leader

Melbourne

Ross heads the EPIT team.

He has considerable expertise in patent drafting, patent infringement and patent opposition work. He spent several years in the 1990s as an in-house patent attorney for The Swatch Group, during which time he qualified as a European Patent Attorney.

Ross acts for a number of clients in the telecommunications, software and electromechanical control fields.

 


To find out more about IP issues relating to your technology, please contact Ross at ross.mcfarlane@pof.com.au.


You can see all our practitioners with Electronics, Physics & IT expertise, by selecting Electronics, Physics & IT in the practice area here.