Pharmaceutical patent litigation, pharmaceutical patent litigation, and more pharmaceutical patent litigation. It’s been the staple diet of Australia’s leading intellectual property law firms over the past 12 to 18 months. Sure the copyright focused litigation surrounding iinet and Optus TVNow may have attracted the general media headlines but it’s patent litigation that has really paid the bills.
Preeminent
Sue Gilchrist – Freehills
Richard Hamer – Allens
Philip Kerr – Allens
Maurice Gonsalves – King & Wood Mallesons
Kim O’Connell – King & Wood Mallesons
Ian Pascarl – Davies Collison Cave
Ben Miller – Ashurst
Anthony Muratore – Jones Day
Michael Williams – Gilbert + Tobin
Leading
Charles Alexander – Minter Ellison
Russell Berry – Griffith Hack
Peter Chalk – Ashurst
Wayne Condon – Griffith Hack
Robert Cooper – King & Wood Mallesons
Kathryn Everett – Freehills
Odette Gourley – Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Wayne McMaster – King & Wood Mallesons
Shaun McVicar – Freehills
Mary Padbury – Ashurst
Stephen Stern – Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mary Still – Clayton Utz
Matthew Swinn – Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Simon Williams – Spruson & Ferguson
Recommended
Peter Banki – Banki Haddock Fiora
Malcolm Bell – Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Scott Bouvier – King & Wood Mallesons
Greg Chambers – Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Tony Conaghan – Thomsons Lawyers
Jim Dwyer – Allens
Grant Fisher – Ashurst
Tim Golder – Allens
Richard Gough – Baker & McKenzie
Richard Jarvis – Davies Collison Cave
Sarah Matheson – Allens
Ross McLean – Baker & McKenzie
Lynne Peach – Minter Ellison
Kristin Stammer – Freehills
Trevor Stevens – Davies Collison Cave
Andrew Stewart – Baker & McKenzie
John Swinson – King & Wood Mallesons
Tony Watson – Middletons