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Andrew Baker
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Patents
Position
Patent Attorney and Director
Career
Andrew Baker is an Australian and New Zealand qualified patent attorney in Dentons’ Auckland office with 14 years experience as an intellectual property specialist. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology practice group.
Andrew advises clients on patents, designs and confidential information, including drafting, filing and prosecuting patents and designs, and advising on patentability, patent validity, freedom to operate, due diligence, filing strategy, enforcement of rights, contractual issues, assignments, and identification of inventors.
Andrew also manages patent opposition and revocation litigation in New Zealand and Australia for clients.
Andrew acts for clients across a range of sectors, with a special focus on agribusiness and healthcare.
Andrew regularly presents to inventors, IP Managers and CEOs on IP concepts and is also a guest lecturer for the University of Auckland Masters in Bioscience Intellectual Property.
Languages
English
Education
Australia, qualified patent attorney, 2010
High Court of New Zealand, admitted as a barrister and solicitor, 2008
New Zealand, qualified patent attorney, 2006
Auckland University, 1998, Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Science
Auckland University, 1996, BSc in Pharmacology
Auckland University, 2009, PhD in Paediatrics