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Jonathan's 14 year career has focused on the exploitation of intellectual property rights.
Since 2006 he has been the General Counsel of ipernica, an Australian based public company with extensive global activities focused on generating revenue from intellectual property rights. Jonathan is responsible for ipernica's IP assertion division, which specialises in enabling Australian patent owners to defend their rights against infringers, in Australia as well as the US and Europe. He is also responsible for advising NearMap Pty Ltd, a technology-based geo-spatial media company (and a wholly owned subsidiary of ipernica), particularly in relation to the creation and implementation of its IP strategy, and its IP licensing programs.
Previously, Jon served as Corporate Legal Counsel at Amazon.com in the UK for 4 years, where he advised in respect of all general commercial matters of the UK business, with primary responsibility for intellectual property matters, licensing, platform programs, media segment demand and third party fulfilment, and divisions of Amazon's EU business.
Prior to joining Amazon.com, he was an Associate solicitor in the Commercial IP group of London firm Mishcon de Reya, and an Associate solicitor in the specialist intellectual property practice of national Australian law firm Freehills.
Jonathan has a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property from Murdoch University. He is admitted as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia. |