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List G Barristers Offices
OWEN DIXON CHAMBERS WEST, 525 LONSDALE STREET
MELBOURNE
VICTORIA
Australia
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Ms Kate Beattie
Work Department
List G Barristers
Position
Kate Beattie specialises in intellectual property litigation, with extensive experience in complex patent disputes.
Career
Kate has a background in pharmacology and regularly acts for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. She also advises on trade practices and commercial disputes, particularly those involving scientific expert evidence.
She holds a Bachelor of Science majoring in pharmacology and toxicology, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from Monash University and a Master of Law (First Class Honours) from the University of Cambridge.
Before coming to Bar, Kate was a senior associate in the intellectual property department at Allens Arthur Robinson. She also practised at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London. Kate is an author of the text book, “Australian Patent Law” (2004). She has also been a sessional lecturer in contract law in the LLM (Juris Doctor) Program, Monash University.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation.
Education
Master of Laws (First Class Hons)(Cambridge)
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons)(Monash)
Bachelor of Science (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Lawyer Rankings
Australia Bar > TMT and IP
(Leading Juniors)Kate Beattie – List G Barristers ‘Always well-prepared, tenacious and a strong advocate.’
A ‘strong set of IP barristers,‘ and being a ‘pre-eminent list for IP matters in Victoria,’ List G Barristers includes a large number of barristers with strong IP and technology practices, with members including Tom Cordiner KC having experience in areas such as patent and trade mark infringement, and media matters including high profile cases in the social media space. Bruce Caine KC and Colin Golvan KC are highly rated in the set, as is Craig Smith SC, who appeared in UbiPark Pty Ltd v TMA Capital Australia Pty Ltd, a patent infringement and revocation case relating to technology used to run car parks. Kate Beattie is ‘an exceptionally talented barrister‘ in complex patent disputes and intellectual property litigation, while Peter Creighton-Selvay has appeared in precedent-setting intellectual property cases, both at trial and appellate level.