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Ray Hind | Partner

B.Sc.(Eng.), Patent Attorney

Ray Hind

Areas of Expertise

  • Patents
  • Designs
  • Mechanical Engineering

Ray has been in practice for over 40 years and heads up the engineering group of the firm. Although he still undertakes patent drafting and prosecution work for a number of major engineering clients, much of his practice involves high level advice in relation to infringement and validity matters and he also has significant involvement in litigious matters. His mechanical engineering background has provided the basis for a practice covering a wide range of engineering technologies including building products, automotive, agricultural, and medical. He also has a particular expertise in design law and related aspects of copyright law.

Ray's professional career commenced in the patent department of a large UK engineering company before moving to a UK patent attorney firm at which he was a partner for a number of years. Ray joined Davies Collison Cave in 1982 and became a partner in 1984.

Ray has academic appointments at both the University of Melbourne and Monash University where he teaches patent and design law topics in the Masters programmes of both those universities.

Affiliations and Memberships

  • Senior Fellow: Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne
  • Member: International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
  • Member: Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Member (and also past President): International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property
  • Fellow: Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
  • Fellow: Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, UK
  • Adjunct Senior Associate: Faculty of Law, Monash University

Qualifications

  • UK Patent Attorney
  • European Patent Attorney
  • Registered Patent and Trade Marks Attorney (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of London

Ray’s latest articles

Austalian registered designs: "non-essential" features can be significant

LED Technologies Pty Ltd has appealed findings adverse to them at trial. This case provides further clarification on the… more »

Don’t rely on purposive construction to extend the scope of a patent claim

A recent decision of the Full Federal Court has highlighted the need to carefully consider the language used in a patent… more »

Innovation patent system under review

The Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP), an independent government-appointed body which advises the Australian… more »

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Building innovative capability in Australia's textile, clothing and footwear industries

Recently Davies Collison Cave was delighted to host a seminar on Building Innovative Capability in Australia’s Textile,… more »