Alex is an experienced intellectual property disputes lawyer who specialises in advising innovators on multi-jurisdictional patent litigation and related matters. He has successfully represented many pharmaceutical and biotech companies in disputes relating to their blockbuster antiviral medicines, chemotherapy agents and autoimmune disease treatments. Alex also conducts patent litigation in the telecoms, electronics and engineering fields, and advises on copyright, trade secret, industrial design and trade mark disputes.
Alex’s practice includes validity and infringement opinions, patenting and litigation strategy, patent oppositions, freedom-to-operate advice, patent term extensions, patent amendment and prosecution, coordinating overseas litigation and patent office proceedings, and drug life cycle management.
Alex is qualified as a lawyer in both Australia and the UK with substantial experience in each jurisdiction. He has also served as in-house IP counsel for a multinational organisation. Alex has a technical background in genetics, and before commencing his legal career, he spent two years performing molecular biology research.
