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Academic Qualifications:
| - Bachelor of Law – Monash University
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering – London University
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Experience:
| Tony qualified as a Chartered Patent Agent in England in 1976. After immigrating to Australia, he qualified as an Australian patent attorney in 1977 and registered as a European attorney in 1979. Tony specialises in patents for mechanical engineering devices, especially those in the automotive industry. He also represents trade mark clients and is responsible for intellectual property matters in both Australian and overseas companies in a wide range of industries. “IP protection is crucial to any serious business. We represent small inventors who must have protection to exploit their inventions, to large corporations who put a lot of money into research and development and need protection of their investments,” says Tony.
Tony is the immediate past president of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys and is actively involved with Griffith Hack’s professional staff recruitment and training. Tony has over 35 years of patent and trade mark experience. He started his professional career as a graduate engineer with an international automotive company in England, but later joined the company’s Group Patent Department and trained as a patent attorney.
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Professional Affiliations:
| - Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys – immediate past president
- Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (UK) – fellow
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) – member
- Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) – member
- Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseillers en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
- Institute of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA) Academy – Tutor
- International Association for the Protection in Intellectual Property (AIPPI) – member
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Specialisations:
| - Mechanical Devices
- Optics
- Automotive Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Marine Engineering
- Structural Engineering
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| - Manufacturing, Machinery & Machine Tools
- Electrical Machines & Devices
- Biomedical Engineering & Medical Devices
- Materials Handling & Packaging
- Building Systems & Apparatus
- Civil Engineering, Design & Construction
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Additional Experience:
| - Scientific Instruments
- Business Systems & Methods
- Mining & Mining Hardware
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| - Minerals Processing
- Materials Engineering
- Medical Devices
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