Philip is a lawyer and registered patent & trade marks attorney who has spent most of his professional life, now over 35 years, specialising in the field of trade marks and branding.
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Philip was admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales in 1985. In 1994, he became registered as an Australian patent and trade marks attorney and he has been a Fellow of the Institute of Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys ever since.
Prior to joining the firm, Philip had established and run a successful boutique trade marks firm, Brand Haven, which merged with Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick on 1 November 2022.
Philip had previously been a partner at an established Sydney-based patent and trade marks attorney firm for many years. Prior to that, Philip had been a founding partner of the patent and trade marks attorney firm within one of Australia’s most prestigious commercial legal firms. Philip’s practice is primarily focused on assisting Australian businesses to protect their trade marks, in Australia and in overseas countries, in the most appropriate and cost-effective way.
Philip is recognised as one of Australia’s most experienced trade marks practitioners, who has developed a reputation for being knowledgeable, thorough, commercial, pragmatic and trustworthy. He has been acknowledged as a ‘recommended expert’ in trade marks prosecution and strategy by the World Trademark Review.
Philip continues to enjoy swimming and surfing (while he still can) and spending time with family and friends.
Qualifications
- BSc, LLB; FIPTA
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Interests
Surfing, swimming, walking, current affairs
Tech I can’t live without
Breville Oracle espresso machine
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Grown up
Most inspiring fictional character
Maxwell Smart
Favourite music
60’s garage rock