David Müller-Wiesner ■

Shareholder

Registered Patent Attorney

REGISTERED TRADE MARK ATTORNEY

David enjoys guiding his clients on the entire IP journey, from a quick coffee to discuss a budding idea to enforcement proceedings and capital raises. David has been responsible for large patent and design portfolios for local and international clients, with a particular focus on creating flexible and affordable intellectual property strategies for scaling ventures. David has drafted, prosecuted, and advised on thousands of registered intellectual property rights in an expansive array of industries including aerospace technology, home appliances and consumer products, designer articles, fitness equipment, agricultural equipment, mining, robotics, food processing technology, sport technology, and computer-implemented inventions.

Building on an extensive experience obtaining patents outside of Australia, David has determined the global enforcement and filing strategies of major Australian patent filers, while also appearing at hearings on behalf of his clients at the Australian Patent Office.

Prior to becoming a patent attorney, David was a co-inventor for a startup in the field of composite materials for high performance roadbikes after working in the technical methods team for a landing gear manufacturer in France and in non-destructive evaluation for an airframe manufacturer in Germany. He has also worked in research roles at Imperial College London in the material characterization team and the Technische Universität Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Germany verifying computational fluid dynamics models.

David is a known IP expert in the Sydney Startup ecosystem, providing pro bono advice to UTS Startups and delivering lectures on Intellectual Property for the Engineering Entrepreneurship module at Macquarie University.

He holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honours from Imperial College London and a Master of Intellectual Property from the University of Technology Sydney. He is a registered Australian and New Zealand Patent Attorney, as well as a registered Australian Trade Mark Attorney.

David is a member of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA) and the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ).

David was also recognised as a Rising Star in the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) publication in 2020 and 2021.