Maddocks is home to practitioners with advisory and contentious expertise across the full gamut of intellectual property issues, including copyright and designs, patents, and trade marks. Ben Miller and Brendan Coady lead the practice and the former advises clients on biopharmaceutical, medical device, and pharmaceutical regulatory matters. Stephen Rohl is noted for his capabilities in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation. Elizabeth Ireland arrived to the team from Ashurst in February 2024. in All of the individuals mentioned are located in Sydney.
Testimonials
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‘Ben Miller is always available to provide advice.'
'Ben Miller provides extremely commercial, strategic and practical contracting and transactional advice which is grounded in an exceptional understanding of current intellectual property case law and strategic litigation experience.’
Key clients
- Pharmacor Pty Limited
- Rio Tinto
Work highlights
- Acting for Pharmacor in proceedings brought in the Federal Court of Australia by Novartis for alleged infringement of four patents relating to dosing regimens and formulations.
- Acting for Rio Tinto's subsidiary Technological Resources in proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Epiroc for alleged infringement of patents.