POF welcomes new associate, Dr Jessica Chadbourne

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick extends a warm welcome to our new associate, Dr Jessica Chadbourne, who has recently joined our Chemistry and Life Sciences team in our Sydney office. Jessica is a PhD qualified chemist with a passion for working with inventors and innovators across the chemical sciences landscape. Jessica has experience across the full spectrum …
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POF proudly recognised as a DCA Inclusive Employer (2021 – 2022)

POF is pleased to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2021 – 2022 in the Diversity Council of Australia (DCA)’s latest Member Index. We are the first Intellectual Property firm to have been awarded this status since the DCA began the Index in 2017. The DCA surveyed 53 members covering 23,812 employees as part …
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POF proudly supports a magnificent Movember 2021

We are proud this month to raise awareness and funds for Movember – the leading charity changing the face of men’s health on a global scale. This important cause focuses on men’s mental health, suicide prevention, and prostate and testicular cancer, with the aim of reducing the number of men dying prematurely by 25% by 2030.  To support this cause, POF raised awareness and …
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POF gets loud for Loud Shirt Day 2021

It’s time to get LOUD! Today we are celebrating Loud Shirt Day – which aims to raise awareness and vital funds to ensure children with hearing loss continue to receive crucial intervention to help meet their goals. To help raise awareness, we were delighted to be joined by Bronwyn Skafte from NextSense – a not-for-profit …
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POF practitioners recognised as Rising Stars – MIP IP Stars Awards 2021

We are very pleased to announce that Senior Associates Michelle Blythe, Helen McFadzean, and Dr Annabella Newton have once again been recognised as Rising Stars in the IP Stars awards.  Each year research analysts receive and analyse information on law firms and practitioners that provide IP services. Traditionally, the individual listings in IP Stars feature senior …
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