ANNE DONALDSON, Lawyer

Anne Donaldson completed Articles at a top-tier commercial law firm in Melbourne, being admitted to Practice in Victoria in 2003. Anne practised as a lawyer in the Intellectual Property, Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys, and Corporate and Commercial departments.

Prior to joining FAL, Anne worked in Johannesburg, RSA and Norwich, UK for a number of years, in positions including Commercialisation Manager for the University of East Anglia.

Examples of work:

• advising on, negotiating and drafting commercial agreements (deal-specific and template agreements);
• advising on intellectual property identification, protection and commercialisation (including patents, trademarks, copyright, software and trade secrets);
• advising on, negotiating and drafting arrangements for joint ventures, R&D collaborations and consortiums, contract R&D, sponsored studentships, visiting workers, intellectual property licensing and assignments, access to equipment, material transfer and confidential disclosure;
• advising companies on meeting investor and shareholder obligations, directors duties, managing relationships and securing funding;
• advising on and drafting institutional intellectual property policies, procedures and employment terms, including in relation to the identification, capture and protection of and reward for invention;
• advising on grant applications, including provisions for intellectual property protection and commercialisation;
• providing training workshops in relation to intellectual property and commercialisation;
• working with inventors and patent attorneys to identify and protect patentable inventions.