Rodney De Boos | Partner LL.B.
Rodney's major area of practice is the commercial exploitation of intellectual property rights. His practice includes the negotiation and preparation of commercial agreements, covering the full spectrum of intellectual property rights and transactions. He also provides intellectual property, commercial and trade practices advice. Rodney has been involved in numerous private company acquisitions of various sizes and the conduct of due diligence enquiries and intellectual property audits. In his practice, Rodney acts for inventors, leading academic and research institutions through to large multi-national corporations.

Rodney also lectures in intellectual property licensing at a post graduate level and is an author of many published articles both in Australia and internationally, and is the author of the chapter on the exploitation of patents in the Law Book Company publication "Laws of Australia".

Rodney spent 13 years with the ICI Australia Group of Companies; including one year in the United Kingdom with Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. He then ran his own commercial law practice for three years before merging his firm to form Davies Collison Cave Solicitors.

Qualifications and Memberships

  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne
  • Admitted: Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and of the High Court of Australia
  • LEADR accredited mediator
  • Member: Trade Practices and Intellectual Property Committees of the Law Council of Australia.
    -Deputy Chairman:Trade Practices Committee (1984 -1987)
    -Chairman - Intellectual Property Committee(1995 - 1996)
  • Member: Licensing Executives Society Australia and New Zealand.
    Held the positions of Secretary and President
  • Member: Licensing Executives Society International Secretary – 1992 to 1995
    International President – 1998

Recent recommendations

  • The International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers 2007, Who's Who Legal
  • Recommended: Cross Border Intellectual Property Handbook 2007-2008, Practical Law Company