Regan Gourley

• Partner

  BCom LLB BEng (Chem) (Hons) Grad IEAust, FIPTA Cert IV TAA Patent and Trade Marks Attorney, Australia and New Zealand

  Regan joined Cullens in 2001 and was made a partner of the firm in 2007. Prior to joining Cullens, Regan completed studies in business, law and engineering at the University of Queensland giving him a unique appreciation for the economic as well as legal and technical aspects of inventions and branding in a modern business.

  Regan practices in both patents and trademarks, with the majority of his work being in mechanical devices, alternative energy systems and apparatus and computer implemented inventions in the area of business methods and financial systems.

  Although his clients include several large national and international companies, the majority Regan’s clients are local small to medium businesses and individual inventors. Regan regularly speaks at commercialisation seminars as well as mentor in start-up and growing businesses.

  Regan is also regularly invited to be a member of judging panels in a number of inventions / innovation competitions.

  Professional Affiliations

  • Graduate Member, Institution of Engineers of Australia (IEA)
  • Fellow, Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA)
  • Member, Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
  • Member, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
  • Member, Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)

   

• Expertise

  • Chemical engineering
  • Engineering chemistry
  • Rheology and polymer processing
  • Business methods
  • Financial systems
  • Mechanical equipment
  • Separation technology
  • Alternative energy and sustainable products

  Representative Patent Matters

  • US Patent No. 6,796,560 “Interconnected Block Puzzle”
  • US Patent No. 6,386,541 “Interconnected Block Puzzle”
  • US Patent No. 6,516,975 “Cottonseed Feeder”
  • US Patent No. 6,901,917 “Device for Saving Fuel and Reducing Emissions”
  • International Patent Application PCT/AU2004/000806 “A Monitoring System”
  • Anthony William Kennedy & John Charles Hitchen v. Termi-Mesh Australia Pty Ltd “Termite” Control System”
  • Bundaberg Foundry Engineers Ltd v. The Track Shop Pty Ltd “Crushing Rollers”

  Representative Trade Mark Matters

  Economic Analysis, Intellectual Property and Life Cycle Analysis Considerations Relating to the Manufacturing of Biodegradable Polymers. Thesis was utilised by the Cooperative Research Centre for Food Packaging in the commercialisation of the manufacture of biodegradable polymers for food packaging.

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