Greg Chambers

Greg initially worked in industry as a corporate patent and trade marks adviser, and later worked as a commercial lawyer with a general legal practice in Melbourne. Greg joined Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick in 1985. He was a founding partner of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Lawyers in 1996 and Chairman of the Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Board between 2009 and 2021.

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 acted for several international companies both for the acquisition and enforcement of IP rights and has been involved in a number of successful ex-parte applications for the seizure of goods infringing intellectual property (IP) rights. He has often acted in patent cases where the Australian dispute has been part of a multi-jurisdictional enforcement program. Greg has represented parties in IP matters before the Australian Patent Office, the Supreme Courts of NSW and Victoria and the Federal Court of Australia.

Greg is a current member of the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board and is the convenor of the Discipline Sub-Committee. Greg is also a lecturer and examiner in the University of Melbourne Intellectual Property Law Masters Course.