Physical and computer sciences underpin many of today’s most commercially valuable technologies – from advanced electronics and telecommunications to software, AI, robotics and medical devices.
Our IP professionals understand, protect, help commercialise and defend hardware and software innovations so that our clients can thrive in fast-moving and highly competitive markets.
Our team includes professionals with backgrounds in electronics and electrical engineering, geomatics, mechatronics and robotics, software engineering, telecommunications, physics, biomedical engineering and information technology.
Many in the team hold PhDs in physics and Masters qualifications in telecommunications and wireless systems engineering and have worked across multiple technical disciplines. This depth of expertise enables them to quickly understand complex ideas and develop clear, commercial IP protection strategies.
We advise on inventions involving electronics and electrical systems, semiconductor and communications technologies, computer-implemented inventions, AI-enabled systems, robotics and automation, medical devices, optics and physics-based technologies, as well as emerging areas such as quantum technologies.
We help a wide range of clients – from multinational corporations to Australian SMEs, universities and startups. Our sector experience spans telecommunications, medical devices, oil and gas, manufacturing, automotive, gaming, research and higher education. Our corporate and international clients value our technical expertise, and our startup clients benefit from our practical and commercial guidance as they build and protect their IP under financial and market constraints.
With today’s fast pace of technology, our physical and computer sciences expertise is applied to everything we do – however, in practice, we most commonly apply it to patent drafting and prosecution. We also use it to advise on registered designs, particularly where product appearance is critical to differentiation in the marketplace, such as in consumer electronics and for locally manufactured products.
We are committed to providing clients access to experienced practitioners with deep technical expertise and believe. Together with the support and mentoring of junior practitioners, this structure fosters long-term relationships and efficient decision-making. Our firm also includes IP lawyers – some with engineering backgrounds – who are dual-qualified as patent attorneys, a rare combination that brings together technical, legal and strategic capability.
Our award-winning team has extensive experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications across quantum computing, hardware and software technologies, quantum sensing, optics and photonics, control systems and related software applications. Our team has been recognised in several directories – including Tier 1 rankings for Australia in the IAM Patent 1000, WTR 1000 and MIP IP Stars directories.
Our team remains at the forefront of technological change through their curiosity with ongoing client work, active industry engagement, participation in innovation hubs and close collaboration with universities and research organisations. We have contributed to organisations and associations including Engineers Australia, The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association, the Victorian Society for Computers and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
