Julie Ballance

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Phone: + 64 4 471 6885
Fax:+ 64 4 473 6712
Position: Baldwins Intellectual Property - Partner
Position: Baldwins Law Limited - Director
Office: Wellington
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) LLB
Keys Registered Patent Attorney Australia Registered Patent Attorney and Barrister & Solicitor NZ
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She is head of the firm’s Wellington based patent teams and concentrates on all aspects of patent work particularly in the chemical and pharmaceutical areas.

Julie has served as President of the New Zealand Institute of Patent attorneys in 2004 and 2005, and has been involved in the preparation of submissions on a number of pieces of legislation, including the Patents Bill, the Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill (now enacted) and the Evidence Bill (now enacted).  She has a special interest in issues relating to the patent attorney profession.

In 2006, Julie was appointed to the Australian Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys.  She was re-appointed for a second term in 2009.

In 2009, Julie became chair of FICPI’s CET 8, a working committee on traditional knowledge.  The committee currently monitors progress of the discussions being held by WIPO’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.

Expertise

-    Pharmaceutical and Agrichemicals
-    Inorganic Chemistry
-    Physical Chemistry
-    Plant Variety Rights


Affiliations

AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property) - Secretary/Treasurer of the New Zealand Section
FICPI  (International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys) - Vice-President, New Zealand Section
NZIPA (New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys) - Fellow and Past President (2004 and 2005)
PSB (Australian Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys) - Member


Qualifications

1990  Bachelor of Laws - Victoria University of Wellington
1983  Bachelor of Science (Hons) (1st Class ) - Victoria University of Wellington

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