Boris Golja | BSc FIPTA MAIP
Soon after graduating from The University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in physics, Boris moved to Canberra to take up a position at the Australian Patent Office. During his time at the Patent Office as an Examiner of Patents and Senior Examiner of Patents, Boris examined patent applications in many technologies including solar heating, heat exchange and heat transfer apparatus, combustion apparatus and processes, refrigeration, live-saving equipment, fire fighting, electric discharge tubes and lamps, optical elements and systems, paper manufacturing machinery and processes, printing machines, motor vehicle fittings, cycles, transmissions, plastics manufacturing and working of plastics material, valves, boilers and steam generation, fluidised bed equipment, and industrial mixing and separation equipment and processes.
After five years at the Patent Office, Boris entered the patent attorney profession and has over 20 years experience working in patent and trade marks attorney firms. He is registered as a patent attorney and trade marks attorney in Australia . He is also registered as a patent attorney in New Zealand. He has practised in the fields of patent, trade mark and design law.
Boris has extensive experience in drafting patent specifications for inventions in a diverse range of technologies, as well as filing and prosecuting patent applications in Australia. In addition, he has extensive experience in handling post-acceptance oppositions to Australian patent applications. He has also filed and prosecuted patent applications and handled patent cancellation proceedings in many countries for Australian based clients.
Boris has acted for clients in trade mark matters in Australia and other countries, including filing and prosecuting applications as well as handling pre-registration trade mark opposition proceedings and post-registration trade mark cancellation proceedings.
He has acted for a broad base of clients that includes large multi-national corporations, universities, university spin-out corporations, small and medium sized organisations as well as individual applicants.
In addition to membership of several professional associations, he is a Committee Member of the Western Australian branch of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand.
Main Technologies
- Business processes and methods
- Consumer products
- Lasers
- Electronics
- Gaming systems
- Fire extinguishing
- Fluid flow control devices
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Physics
- Telecommunications
Professional Associations
- Fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Asian Patent Attorneys Association
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Institute of Physics (London)
Thomas Haines | BSc LLB(Hons) LLM GDLP MACS
Thomas is an Australian registered patent and trade mark attorney. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science, a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
Prior to joining the patent attorney profession, Thomas worked as a developer for Microsoft Corporation, developing a component of the ‘Microsoft Office’ software suite. He has also previously worked on Nikon’s digital camera products, as well as having worked for a prominent digital asset management company in London.
He has acted for a broad base of clients including large multi-national corporations, universities and start-ups, and small to medium sized organisations. Thomas has considerable experience in patent drafting and prosecution, patent opposition matters and in preparing and prosecuting trade mark applications. Thomas has expertise in a diverse array of technologies including in the fields of telecommunications, computing and medical devices.
Thomas is a committee member of the Western Australian branch of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand, and a member of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia and the Australian Computer Society.
Main Technologies
- Business processes and methods
- Computers
- Consumer products
- Electrical
- Gaming systems
- Software
- Networking
- Telecommunications
Publications
- "Patenting Legal Strategies: Does the Utility Justify the Ends?" (2005) 62 Intellectual Property Forum, 24.
- "Case Note: Grant v Commissioner of Patents [2005] FCA 1100" (2005) 63 Intellectual Property Forum, 55.
- "Plant Breeders Rights" (2007) 9 Legal Issues in Business, 3.
- "Are Australian patentees sufficiently motivated?" (2008) 19 Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 1.
Professional Associations
- Australian Computer Society
- Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
Stephen Friend | BSc FIPTA
Stephen graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Science majoring in chemistry, whereafter he pursued a long-time interest in electronics, working for companies in Australia and New Zealand in roles of research development and design, production engineering and quality control, across applications including fire protection, security, and control and signaling.
Stephen subsequently joined the patent attorney profession and commenced study to qualify as a patent attorney. Stephen was registered in Australia as a patent attorney and trade marks attorney in 1999. Stephen is also a registered patent attorney in New Zealand.
Stephen practises in patents, trade marks, and designs, and has extensive experience in drafting patent specifications and prosecuting patent applications in a wide range of technologies, and in preparing and prosecuting trade mark and design applications. Stephen's experience in industry before joining the patent profession provides a useful background for formulating strategies for protecting the intellectual property of clients.
Main Technologies
- Chemistry and Chemical Process Technology and Engineering
- Mineral Processing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Electronic and electrical technology based inventions
- Mechanical inventions
Professional Associations
- Fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Asian Patent Attorneys Association
- Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand