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Academic Qualifications:
| - Bachelor of Science (majoring in Physiology and Pharmacology) – Monash University (1989)
- Bachelor of Laws – Monash University (1993)
- Master of Laws (Intellectual Property) – Monash University (2004)
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Experience:
| Geraldine is a senior intellectual property, commercial and technology lawyer with a broad range of experience in both litigious and non-litigious matters.
Geraldine has advised clients on the management of IP portfolios, technology commercialisation, IP aspects of acquisitions and disposals, brand protection and anti-counterfeit strategies, trade mark registrations, IP due diligences and audits, IP dispute resolution (including patent litigation, trade mark litigation and domain name disputes), licensing, distribution and manufacturing agreements, research and development and collaborative research agreements and the Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) program. She has particular experience and expertise in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, including advising on GCP aspects of clinical trials, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Act and regulations, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
Prior to legal practice, Geraldine gained an invaluable insight into the pharmaceutical industry by working as a sales representative for Servier Laboratories, selling pharmaceuticals to general practitioners, medical specialists and hospital pharmacists.
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Professional Affiliations:
| - AusBiotech Limited – Director and member
- Swinburne University of Technology – Council Member
- Australian Red Cross Blood Service Human Research & Ethics Committee - Member
- Australian Institute of Company Directors – Graduate
- Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand – member
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand – member
- BioMelbourne Network – member
- Victorian Women Lawyers - member
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Specialisations:
| - Intellectual property
- Brand protection strategies
- Licensing of IP rights
- IP Litigation and dispute resolution
- Clinical trial regulation and agreements
- R&D Agreements
- Technology Transfer
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| - Technology commercialisation strategies and
- agreements, including research &
- development, collaborative research
- arrangements, material transfer agreements
- Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs)
- Pharmaceutical regulation
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