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Show Me the Money!

Sep 25, 2024

The Federal Court has continued its run of decisions on contested costs orders. The cost of litigating patent disputes in the Federal Court is high. To maximise the costs recovered, parties are issuing Notices of Offer (pursuant to the Federal Court Rules) and Calderbank letters. These are designed to put the other party at risk of an indemnity costs order should they reject the offer and the first party ultimately receives a more favourable judgment. Indemnity costs orders enable a successful party to claw back up to 100% of their legal costs, whereas a party/party costs order typically only provides a successful party with around 60% of their actual legal costs. So, significant sums of money can be at stake as a result of an effective or ineffective Notice of Offer or Caldberank letter.

Pearce IP’s Founder & CEO is a Finalist for the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law “Executive of The Year” 2024

Sep 24, 2024

We are thrilled to share that Pearce IP’s Founder and CEO, Naomi Pearce, a Finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2024 “Executive of Year”. Now in its 13th year, the Women in Law Awards celebrates the best and brightest women in the legal field,...

Pearce IP BioBlast® for the week ending 20 September 2024

Sep 23, 2024

Aflibercept 19 September 2024 | EU | Sandoz & Samsung Bioepis/Biogen Aflibercept Biosimilars Recommended in Europe At its September meeting, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted positive opinions for...

When things go wrong: “Obvious Mistake” Results in CRISPR Patent Application Amendment

Sep 19, 2024

The battle to claim the earliest valid patent rights to CRISPR gene-editing technology has been fought around the world. In Australia, the most protracted dispute…

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Pearce IP Awards

Chambers and Partners

Intellectual Property (2024)

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Market Leading Intellectual Property Firm (2024)
Market Leading Intellectual Property Firm (2023)

IAM Patent 1000

Bronze for litigation (2023, 2022, 2021)
Bronze for prosecution (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

Australian Law Awards (Lawyers Weekly)

Finalist – Women in Law Awards – Boutique Diversity Firm of the Year (2022)
Finalist – Intellectual Property Team of the Year (2022)
Winner – Intellectual Property Team of the Year (2021)

Managing IP Stars

Patent Prosecution (2024, 2023, 2022)
The Only Leading Female Owned Life Sciences focussed IP Firm (2023)
Pearce IP ranked firm (2021)

Women in Business Law Awards - APAC

Shortlisted – Australian Firm of the Year (2022)

Lexology Legal Influencer

Australasia – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q2 2024, Q1 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023, Q3 2022, Q2 2022, Q1 2021, Q4 2020)

Cross-border – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q2 2024, Q1 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023, Q1 2023)

Australasian Lawyer

Top Boutique Firm (2024)
5-Star Intellectual Property Law Firm (2021)

Doyles Intellectual Property

Doyles Leading Intellectual Property (2021, 2020)
Doyles Recommended Intellectual Property (2021)

Naomi Pearce Awards

Partner of the Year Awards (Lawyers Weekly)

Finalist – Intellectual Property Partner of the Year (2024)
Winner – Intellectual Property Partner of the Year (2023)
Finalist – Intellectual Property Partner of the Year (2022)

Chambers and Partners

Patents – Naomi Pearce (2024)
Life Sciences – Naomi Pearce (2024)

Australasian Lawyer

Most Influential Lawyers – Changemaker (2024, 2023, 2022)
5-Star Intellectual Property Lawyer – General IP (2021)

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024, 2023)
WIPR Leaders (2022)
WIPR Diversity Champion (2022)
Top 100 Influential Women in IP (2021)
WIPR Leaders – Patents and Trade Marks (2022, 2021, 2020)

IAM Patent 1000

Silver ranking – Litigation (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
Recommended for litigation (2020)

IAM Strategy 300

IP management consultancy (2024)
Legal (2024)
Pharmaceuticals/life sciences (2024)
Global Leader (2022, 2021, 2020)
World Leading IP Strategist (2022, 2021, 2020)

Managing IP Stars

Patent Star (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
Practitioner of the Year Finalist (2023)

Women in Business Law Awards – APAC

Winner – Patent Lawyer of the Year (2022)
Shortlisted – Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year (2022)

Lexology Client Choice Award for Life Sciences

Winner – Client Choice Award for Life Sciences (2022)

Women in Law Awards (Lawyers Weekly)

Finalist - Executive of the Year (2024)
Winner – Partner of the Year (SME Law) (2021)

Lexology Legal Influencer

Australasia – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q3 2024, Q2 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023, Q3 2022, Q2 2022, Q1 2021, Q4 2020, Q3 2020)

Asia-Pacific – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q1 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023)

US – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023)

Cross-border – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q3 2024, Q2 2024, Q1 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023, Q1 2023, Q4 2022, Q3 2021)

Canada – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q4 2023, Q2 2023)

Europe – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q4 2023)

Adele Chadwick Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)
WIPR Diversity’s Top 100 (2024)

Helen Macpherson Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)

Chambers and Partners

Ranking – Tier 4 (2024)
Managing IP Stars
Patent Star (2024, 2023)

IAM Patent 1000

Silver ranking – Litigation (2024, 2023, 2022)
Silver ranking – Transactions (2024)

Legal 500

Ranked as a market leading Intellectual Property firm (2023)

Best Lawyers, Australia

Intellectual Property (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016)

Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards

Patent Lawyer of the Year (2021)

Paul Johns Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)

Managing IP Stars

Notable Practitioner (2024)

IAM Patent 1000

Litigation (2016 - 2024)

WTR 1000

Recommended individual – enforcement and litigation (2024, 2023, 2022)

Asia IP

IP Expert (2022)

Chambers and Partners

Intellectual Property – Asia Pacific (2024)

Best Lawyers

IP and Litigation (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)

Chris Vindurampulle Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)
Diversity Champions in IP (2024)
WIPR Leader for Patents and Trade Marks (2023)

Managing IP Stars

Rising Star (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

IAM Patent 1000

Bronze ranking – Prosecution (2024)
Recommended for prosecution (2023, 2022)

Kimberley Evans Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)

Julie Ballance Awards

Best Lawyers

Biotechnology Law (2024)

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)

Managing IP Stars

Notable Practitioner (2024)

IAM Patent 1000

Recommended – Prosecution (2016 - 2024)

Jacinta Flattery–O’Brien Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)
WIPR Leader (2022)
Patent Leader (2023, 2022, 2021)

Managing IP Stars

Rising Star (2023)
Patent Star (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)

IAM Patent 1000

Silver ranking – Prosecution (2024, 2023)
Highly Recommended – Prosecution (2023, 2022)

IAM Global Leaders

Global Leaders (2024, 2023)

Rosie Stramandinoli Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)

Silver Globee Award for Women in Business

Committed Professional of the Year (2023)

The IPR Gorilla

Global Award for In-House Lawyer (2022)

Managing IP

Top 250 Women in IP (2019)
IP Star (2015 - 2019)

Client Choice Awards

IP Specialist Practitioner – Finalist (2019)

IAM Patent 1000

Recognition as IP Practitioner – Recommended for Patent Prosecution (2012 – 2015)

Asia IP Experts

Recognition as IP Practitioner – Excellence in Patent Work (2015, 2014)

Chantal Savage Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Rising Star in Intellectual Property (2024)
Rising Star in Intellectual Property (2023)
Rising Star in Intellectual Property (2022)
Rising Star in Intellectual Property (2021)

Donna Meredith Awards

Managing IP Stars

Notable Practitioner (2024)

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By 2027, be the premier life sciences IP practice in
Australia and New Zealand.

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