Peter Brown

Associate

Peter is an Associate of James & Wells and is based in our Hamilton office. He specialises in IP protection in the food/beverage, pharmaceutical, and life science industries.

Expertise

• Patents
• Designs

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Auckland - Structural Biology and Type II Diabetes Drug Development (2007)
• BSc (Hons), University of Otago - Genetics, Plant Biotechnology (2002)
• Registered Patent Attorney

Peter joined James & Wells in 2008 after gaining research experience at the University of Auckland during his PhD and postdoctoral studies in collaborative projects with biotech and pharmaceutical companies.  This has given Peter an excellent grasp on the issues faced by scientists who need publications, and the goals of industry to commercialise. 

Peter now works closely with clients in the food and beverage industry to develop sound IP strategies to help them achieve their commercial goals. Peter is of the opinion that IP protection needs to play a bigger role in leveraging our competitive advantages in the food industry, which is often in the innovative way we do things to compete on the global scale.  Peter writes regular articles on the subject of intellectual property protection in the food industry, including articles in the Food New Zealand magazine.  He is also a speaker at conferences on this subject.

Besides the food industry, Peter also maintains a key interest in working on behalf of a number of New Zealand and overseas based biotech and veterinary companies, also drawing on his science background. 

Associations

New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST)
NZBio
AusBiotech
Royal Society of New Zealand
Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys (NZIPA)