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Simon Ware | Associate

B.Eng.(Hons.), Patent Attorney, Patent Services Coordinator

Simon Ware

Areas of Expertise

  • Patents
  • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Patent searching
  • Physics

Simon coordinates and conducts searches in the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science and manufacturing process areas. After completing a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Manufacturing) with honours at Melbourne University, Simon gained over four years experience while working with another large patent attorney firm in Melbourne before joining Davies Collison Cave in 2003. He qualified as a Patent Attorney in 2005 and was appointed an Associate in 2008.

Simon has extensive experience in Australian infringement searches, novelty and prior art searches, family searches, watches and status enquiries. He is also a member of the AUSPAT (IP Australia's patent database that was released in 2007) customer reference group.

Simon also assists in the recordal of IP assignments and licenses, extensions of time applications and maintenance of IP rights.

Affiliations and Memberships

  • Member: Patent Information Users Group
  • Member: Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Fellow: Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia

Qualifications

  • Graduate Diploma in Law (Intellectual Property Law), Monash University
  • Diploma in Intellectual Property Practice, IPTA
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering) (Hons.), University of Melbourne
  • Registered Patent & Trade Marks Attorney (Australia and New Zealand)

Articles about Simon

VIP Plastic Packaging wins patent infringement case against BMW Plastics

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2008 Appointments at Davies Collison Cave

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