Attention Engineering, Science, Law graduates! Like law but don’t want to abandon science to be a corporate lawyer? Like engineering but don’t want to abandon law to be an engineer? Thought about being a patent attorney? Want to be a Patent Attorney? • Start your new career any time between May and November 2015 • Premier national Intellectual Property firm advising Fortune 500 companies • We support your Masters of IP law studies to register as a Patent Attorney Most graduates we talk to have never considered a career as a Patent Attorney. This is an exciting career option to consider if you don’t want to do pure research. Who are we? Freehills Patent Attorneys (FPA) is a premier Australian patent attorney firm. We are affiliated with the international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills. Our partners are consistently mentioned in international ranking publications. They are supported by a talented team of patent attorneys and business support staff. Our clients range from blue chip multinationals through to innovative start-ups, all at the forefront of leading edge technology and innovation in a wide range of sectors. We provide clients with expert advice on the creation, management, enforcement and commercialisation of intellectual property rights including patents and design. FPA continues to enjoy strong sustained growth in response to national and international client demand. This has created an opportunity for a trainee to join our Engineering/Physics team in our Melbourne office. What does a Patent Attorney do? Your work will cross the full spectrum of our clients’ commercial and intellectual property needs. You will liaise with inventors, start-ups, corporate clients, and international IP firms, conduct searches of the patent landscape, assist in drafting patent specifications, prosecute patent applications from filing to grant, provide patentability and infringement advice and assist with patent oppositions (including meeting with experts and drafting evidence and submissions). As a result of our close working relationship with the IP Litigation team at our affiliated firm, Herbert Smith Freehills, you will also have the opportunity to be involved in contentious intellectual property matters before the Australian Federal Court. FPAAAV156236_A4_MELB   240415 What’s on offer? This Graduate Trainee position is an exciting opportunity to enter the patent attorney profession at the ground level. You will be fully trained (through both on the job and formalised external tertiary training) and mentored by leading practitioners in all aspects of a patent attorney’s work. You will attend client meetings and work on a wide range of client matters under the supervision of industry experts. Your day-to-day work will be complemented by your further Intellectual Property Law studies. We will fund your tuition to complete the necessary requirements to become registered as a Patent Attorney and complete your Masters of IP. To assist with your formal studies, we offer a dedicated tutorial program together with paid study leave. You will join a group of trainee patent attorneys which will enable you to study in a supportive team environment. We currently have trainees in both our Melbourne and Sydney offices. Do I have the skills? We are keen to speak with graduates (or near) with the following degrees/qualifications: 1. Double degree Law & Science 2. Double degree Law & Engineering 3. Single degree Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science (with Honours) Interested? For a confidential discussion, please contact our National HR Coordinator, Gina Siegel on 03 9288 1594 for this opportunity or email your enquiry/expression of interest to [email protected] www.freehillspatents.com