PEARCE IP
Our Capabilities
Pearce IP is a boutique firm offering intellectual property specialist lawyers, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys, to the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
We coordinate and execute local and multi-jurisdictional IP litigation strategies, provide IP/legal support for regional and global business development activities and licensing deals, and prosecute patent and trade mark applications around the world.
Since its establishment in 2017 boutique Pearce IP has dominated in the area of pharmaceutical patents. Thanks to its deep bench of talented professionals, any life sciences brief is dispatched with alacrity and poise.
IP SPECIALISTS LAWYERS – PATENT ATTORNEYS – TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS
Our Leaders
Naomi Pearce
CEO, Executive Lawyer (AU, NZ), Patent & Trade Mark Attorney (AU, NZ)
Adele Chadwick
Executive, Deputy CEO & Head of Talent
Paul Johns
Executive, Lawyer (Head of Litigation - New Zealand)
Chris Vindurampulle PhD
Executive, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney (Head of Patent Prosecution)
Kimberley Evans
Executive, Lawyer & Trade Mark Attorney (Head of Trade Marks)
Chris Coates (Maj Ret)
Executive, Finance
Helen Macpherson
Executive, Lawyer (Head of Litigation - Australia)
PEARCE IP BLOG
Read our latest updates & insights
Pearce IP BioBlast® for the week ending 25 October 2024
Aflibercept 23 October 2024 | Biocon Switching Study for Aflibercept Confirms Safety & Efficacy On 23 October...
Full Court Clarifies and Recalibrates the Obviousness Test for “Pre-Raising the Bar” Patents
Sandoz has triumphed in its appeal regarding the validity of two of Bayer’s Australian Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) patents. On 23 October 2024, the Full Court unanimously overturned Justice Rofe’s decision of 2 November 2023, holding that the two Bayer patents lack an inventive step in light of the common general knowledge taken together with a prior art patent specification. The parties have been given until 4 November to propose orders giving effect to the Full Court’s decision.
Nose Dive – ResMed’s Opposition Gets a Rude Awakening
Barilla G. e R. Fratelli- Societa per Azioni (”Barilla Group”), owner of the famous BARILLA brand, unsuccessfully opposed an application to register the words “Barilla Dumpling” as a trade mark in respect of “Asian-style restaurant services” in New Zealand. This case demonstrates the necessity of accurate pleadings in trade mark opposition and revocation proceedings in New Zealand.
Product specific reports based on extracts from our BioBlast® database
aflibercept | Eylea® | Regeneron
bevacizumab | Avastin® | Roche/Genentech
cetuximab | Erbitux® | BMS/Merck
darbepoetin | Aranesp® | Amgen
denosumab | Prolia®/Xgeva® | Amgen
dupilumab | Dupixent® | Sanofi-Aventis
eculizumab | Soliris® | Alexion
filgrastim (GCSF) | Neupogen® | Amgen
golimumab | Simponi® | Janssen
guselkumab | Tremfya® | Janssen
infliximab | Remicade® | Johnson & Johnson
ixekizumab | Taltz® | Eli Lilly
lecanemab | Leqembi® | Eisai/Biogen
liraglutide | Victoza® /Saxenda® | Novo Nordisk
natalizumab | Tysabri® | Biogen/Elan
olaparib | Lynparza® | AstraZeneca/Merck
omalizumab | Xolair® | Genentech / Novartis
pegfilgrastim | Neulasta® | Amgen
pembrolizumab | Keytruda® | Merck
ranibizumab | Lucentis® | Genentech
regdanvimab | Regkirona® | Celltrion
risankizumab | Skyrizi® | AbbVie
rituximab | Rituxan®/MabThera® | Genentech/Biogen
secukinumab | Cosentyx® | Novartis
semaglutide | Wegovy®/Ozempic® | Novo Nordisk
tocilizumab | Actemra® | Roche
trastuzumab | Herceptin® | Roche/Genentech
ustekinumab | Stelara® | Johnson & Johnson/Janssen
OUR VISION
By 2027, be the premier life sciences IP practice in
Australia and New Zealand.
AWARD WINNING IP SPECIALISTS LAWYERS - PATENT ATTORNEYS - TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS
Awards
2024 IAM Strategy 300
Australasian Lawyer
MIP Stars
IAM Patent 1000 2024
Lexology Q3 2023
Legal 500 2024
Lexology Q2 2021