Andrew Knowles

Of Counsel

Andrew is a lawyer and patent attorney based in our Tauranga office. He practices all aspects of intellectual property law having experience and expertise in trade marks, licensing, copyright, designs and patents.

Expertise

• Trade Marks 
• Copyright 
• Litigation 

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington (1975)
• Registered Patent Attorney (New Zealand and Australia)
• Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand

Andrew has particular experience in international trade mark law, and has been involved in prosecution and litigation involving trade marks and designs in a number of countries.

Andrew qualified as a lawyer in 1975, and within a few years developed a specialisation in intellectual property.  He worked for, and was later a partner of, one of New Zealand's large intellectual property firms in both Auckland and Wellington, before forming his own firm in 1993.  Andrew joined James & Wells in 2003, and is the manager of the Tauranga office.

Andrew is currently a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys, a member of the New Zealand Law Society, the Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propiete Industrielle and the Association of Australian Patent Attorneys.  He is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Intellectual Property Society.