Partner, Melbourne
Phone +61 3 9288 1596
Fax +61 3 9288 1567
james.cherry@freehills.com
Current practice
James Cherry is a registered patent and trade marks attorney and intellectual property lawyer in Australia and New Zealand. James is a partner of Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys and of its associated law firm, Freehills.Industry experience
Within Freehills Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys, James specialises in the technical areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical treatments. He advises owners of rights on how to best protect and extract value from their intellectual property. He also advises on the related areas of confidential information, plant variety rights and trade secrets.As the international management of intellectual property rights becomes increasingly important, James advises on strategic creation and exploitation of intellectual property rights worldwide. This involves him in significant acquisitions and dispositions of intellectual property rights around the world as well as advising in international IP disputes. James also actively assists clients in their licensing, patent strategy and technology transfer negotiations in Australia and foreign countries.
Professional background
James is a Registered Patent and Trade Marks Attorney before the Australian Patent and Trade Marks Office and the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. James has a science degree majoring in the biological sciences, including biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology, proteins and human nutrition. He also has a law degree with honours from the University of Melbourne and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor.Before joining Freehills in 1990, James worked in patent attorney firms in Melbourne, Montreal and London.
James is currently a fellow of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia, a committee member of AusBiotech Ltd (the Australian Biotechnology Association), Asian Patent Attorneys Association, AIPPI, and Licensing Executives Society, as well as a member of local committees concerning biotechnology. He has also lectured for Monash University and regularly presents at seminars and conferences on intellectual property matters relating to biotechnology.
