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"West Oak’s success has come from always putting our clients’ best interests first and always finding ways to improve and add more value to them"
Andrew mcquiston,
west oak family office, wellington-altus private wealth
Ian Finch is recognised as one of New Zealand’s most influential leaders in intellectual property. He has extensive experience advising clients in the filing, prosecution, and enforcement of their innovation at all levels and across a range of industries, particularly in construction, manufacturing, electrical engineering, animal health, and medical devices. Ian represents multinational corporations in cross-border patent litigation and in pre-grant patent opposition proceedings in Australia and New Zealand. He led the New Zealand team that acted for ResMed Pty Ltd in its recent global dispute with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. This was one of the most complex pieces of patent litigation in New Zealand to date. He has also worked extensively with Bayer Australia and Bayer New Zealand running numerous parallel patent oppositions for those companies in those countries. His commercial law qualifications have been called on by his clients throughout his lengthy career in IP law. He holds and has held a number of executive positions in commercial and administrative roles. These include sitting on the AUT’s TechPark Innovation Board, on an Advisory Board to a prominent exporter of heavy industrial machinery, on the NZIPA’s Examination Board and its Council (including as President), and as a Board member of the Trans Tasman Intellectual Property Attorneys Board.
Level 3, South British House, 35 Grey Street, Tauranga 3110
+64 7 928 4470
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Deputy Principal at Australian Christian College - Southlands
Doctor of Education
2020–present
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2021
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Year 7 Community Leader and Leader for Learning Technologies and Platforms at Northern Beaches Christian School
Master of Business Administration, 2017–2019
2021
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2013
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Master of Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy)
2013
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Bachelor of Education (Primary)
2009–2012
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1992–2021
1995–2021
2001–2021
2017–2020
2021–present
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1992–2021
1995–2021
2001–2021
2017–2020
2021–present
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Legal 500 (tier 1)
IP Stars, Patent and Trademark Star 2022
Intellectual Asset Management world’s Top 1000 Patent Attorneys (gold ranking), highly recommended in 2022
2021–present
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2017–2020
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Appointed by Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos as Board Member of the Trans-Tasman Intellectual Property Attorneys Board (2017)
Admitted as a Trans-Tasman Registered Patent Attorney (2017)
Managing Intellectual Property Asia IP Experts (2018)
Admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (2020)
2017–2020
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2015–2021
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Partner at James & Wells IP
Council Member of the NZIPA (2001–2013)
Oversaw, edited, and contributed the majority of content to the first edition of James & Wells “Intellectual Property Law in New Zealand” (2006) (now in its third edition)
Appeared as lead counsel in the first copyright case before the New Zealand Supreme Court Henkel Kgaa v Holdfast NZ Limited (2006) NZSC 57
President of the NZIPA (2011–2013)
Managing Partner, James & Wells Intellectual Property (2011–2016)
Member of NZIPA Examination Board (2013–2020)
2001–2021
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1995–2021
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Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (1995)
Admitted as a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys (1999)
1995–2021
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1992–2021
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Responsible for national litigation and Auckland patent teams. Risk management partner and member of the firm’s Management Committee.
1992–2021
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