Duncan is a Patent and Trade Marks Attorney who advises clients on protecting, managing, commercialising and enforcing intellectual property.
Service Areas
He regularly advises start-ups, founders, research organisations, universities, publicly listed companies and in-house IP teams in respect of engineering technologies to help secure, leverage and defend IP assets with particular emphasis on patents and registered designs.
With more than 12 years experience, Duncan provides pragmatic advice tailored to the client’s commercialisation strategy, timeline and budget.
Duncan has particular experience in mechanical engineering and fluid flow and has worked with local companies and inventors from sectors and technologies including defence, mining, automotive, aeronautical, consumer products, medical devices, construction, agriculture, renewable energy, greenhouse-reduction, footwear, water services and non-destructive material testing.
Expertise & Experience
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil & Industrial Engineering
- Emerging & Interdisciplinary
Qualifications
- BAeroEng (Hons) LLB (Hons), LLM (IP)
More about Duncan
Interests
Road cycling, archery, snowboarding
Tech I can’t live without
Bone conduction earphones, rear-facing bike radar, robot vacuum, wifi-enabled power plugs to schedule coffee machine pre-heating
My hidden talent is
Rollerblading
Top of your bucket list
Cycling Alpe d’Huez
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
When I saw the home defence system in Home Alone I decided I wanted to be an inventor
