Davin Merritt

Principal
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Davin leads both the designs and sustainability & clean technologies teams.

Service Areas

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He joined Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick in 1992 and gained several years’ experience in patent and design searching in our information systems department.

Davin does a lot of work with manufacturing clients, from individual inventors through to large corporate entities both in Australia and internationally. He works principally on engineering and luxury goods matters, and his work includes the drafting of patent specifications, opinion work, the prosecution of engineering patent applications before IP Australia and other international patent offices.

Expertise & Experience

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil & Industrial Engineering

Qualifications

  • BEng (Hons) FIPTA

More about Davin

Best holiday

Japan

Favourite invention

Electricity

Most inspiring fictional character

Kramer (from Seinfeld)

My personality type is

Otrovert

Alternative career

Cyclist

Related news and insights

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Design Registration Considerations for Kits of Components

Many of our clients make use of the Australian Designs system to protect the unique appearance of their products.
Davin Merritt

9 April 2026

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Don’t Request Examination Of Design Registrations For Display Screens, GUIs And Icons…….Yet!

IP Australia has recently proposed several updates of the Australian Registered Designs system. The proposed updates include allowing certification of design registrations for display screens, graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and icons.
Davin Merritt

2 December 2024

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Proposed Updates to the Australian Designs System

In mid-2023, IP Australia sought public comments on proposals to expand the Australian registered designs system to allow for the protection of virtual designs, partial designs and incremental designs.
Davin Merritt

16 October 2024

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Can I Obtain Design Registration for My Unique Font, Type Face or Logo?

Australian Design Registrations are obtainable in respect of a design applied to a product. Thus, to be registrable as a design, there is a requirement that a design is present and that the design is applied to a product.
Davin Merritt

12 May 2024

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