Greg West-Walker
Consultant \ AJ Park IP LImited, Auckland
Greg has worked in intellectual property (IP) for 40 years and retired as a principal in AJ Park in October 2020. He is now a consultant doing work for selected clients with which he has been involved for some years.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of IP, especially patents, including strategy, acquisition, opposition and enforcement in New Zealand and internationally.
Greg has specialist skills in electrical and mechanical engineering, physics and optics, manufacturing, medical devices, and materials.
Clients
Greg has acted for major corporates and mid-size manufacturers, universities, and technology start-ups.
Other credentials
Greg’s recent industry accolades include being:
- ranked as a patent star in New Zealand in Managing IP’s IP Stars 2020 and IP Stars 2021
- selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers™ in New Zealand 2021 in the field of IP law
- highlighted in IAM Patent 1000 2020 as ‘adept a drafter as he is an enforcer of patents’.
Greg is a past president of the New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys, and a past member of the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board.
Services
Qualifications
- NZCE (Telecoms), Central Institute of Technology (1980)
- Registered Patent Attorney (New Zealand and Australia)
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Greg West-Walker's team
Principal \ Auckland
Jeremy Sim
Principal \ Auckland
Matt Devine
Associate \ Auckland
Sharon Zhu
Principal \ Auckland
Dr David Simunic
Senior Associate \ Auckland
Pritesh Lohani
Principal \ Auckland
Hadleigh Brown
Principal \ Auckland
Anton Blijlevens
Patent Executive \ Auckland
Joanne Quach
Associate \ Auckland