Holding a PhD in molecular biology and a Masters of Intellectual Property, Kate is comfortable working directly with scientists, commercialisation teams, in-house counsel, boards and leadership teams to provide complex strategic advice with clear and concise communication.
Kate provides an extensive range of intellectual property services for clients, ranging from global patent portfolio management, infringement and validity opinions, freedom to operate opinions, patent landscape reviews, strategic patenting advice, oppositions, and pharmaceutical patent term extensions. Kate works with a range of clients including large multinational corporations, publicly listed biotechnology companies, universities, research institutes, SMEs and start-ups, and is able to adapt her approach to the particular needs of each with ease. Kate enjoys building relationships with her clients in order to understand their unique requirements and assist in achieving successful outcomes.
Kate is also actively involved in intellectual property education, providing regular talks to assist universities and organisations with raising awareness of intellectual property and developing global intellectual property strategies.
Kate is a registered Australian and New Zealand Patent and Trade Mark Attorney.