Greg Chambers - Partner

About me

Greg initially worked in industry as a corporate patent and trade mark adviser, and later worked with a general legal practice in Melbourne.

Greg became a registered patent attorney in 1987 and a partner of the Patent Attorney practice in 1989. He was a founding partner of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Lawyers in 1996. He is the firm’s senior litigator.

Greg has conducted litigation for the enforcement of patent, trade mark, copyright and registered design rights. This work has included litigation reported in the decisions of Cabot v 3M 11 IPR 487, Coca-Cola v All-Fect Miller 47 IPR 481, Roland v Lorenzo 23 IPR 376, ExxonMobil v Shahin 55 IPR 630 and AMR v Alphapharm & Arrow 2011 FCA 120.

He has been involved in a number of successful ex-parte applications for the seizure of goods infringing IP rights and acts for several international companies both for the acquisition and enforcement of IP rights. He has often acted in cases where the Australian dispute has been part of a multi-jurisdictional enforcement program.

Greg has represented parties in intellectual property matters before the Australian Patent Office, the Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria and the Federal Court of Australia.

He is President of FICPI Australia and in that capacity regularly consults with IP Australia with respect to legislative and regulatory development of intellectual property laws in Australia. Greg was also an Examiner for the Professional Standards Board for qualification of persons as patent attorneys in Australia.

Greg was identified in the ALB Intellectual Property Law Guide (March 2009) for his work in patent and trademark litigation.