PEARCE IP
Our Capabilities
Pearce IP is a specialist firm offering intellectual property lawyers, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys, to the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
With staff based in Australia and New Zealand, we coordinate and execute local and multi-jurisdictional IP litigation strategies, provide IP/legal support for regional and global business development activities and licensing deals, and prosecute patent and trade mark applications around the world.
Since its establishment in 2017 boutique Pearce IP has dominated in the area of pharmaceutical patents. Thanks to its deep bench of talented professionals, any life sciences brief is dispatched with alacrity and poise.
IP SPECIALIST LAWYERS – PATENT ATTORNEYS – TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS
Our Leaders
Naomi Pearce
CEO, Executive Lawyer (AU, NZ), Patent & Trade Mark Attorney (AU, NZ)
Chris Coates (Maj Ret)
Executive, Finance
Peter O'Sullivan
Executive, Deputy CEO Head of People & Culture
Helen Macpherson
Executive, Lawyer (Head of Litigation - Australia)
Dr Mathew Lucas
Executive, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
Paul Johns
Executive, Lawyer (Head of Litigation - New Zealand)
Sally Paterson
Executive, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney (AU, NZ), Lawyer (NZ)
Jacinta Flattery-O’Brien PhD
Special Counsel, Patent Attorney
Chantal Savage
Special Counsel, Lawyer
PEARCE IP BLOG
Read our latest updates & insights
4 Pearce IP Patent Professionals Honoured In Managing IP’S IP STARS 2026
4 Pearce IP Patent Professionals Ranked in Managing IP’S IP STARS 2026, including Naomi Pearce and Helen Macpherson, who have been named Patent Stars in Australia; and Jacinta Flattery-O’Brien (Australia), and Paul Johns (New Zealand), who have been recognised as Notable Practitioners.
MIP IP STARS 2026 Ranks Pearce IP for Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution and Trade Mark Prosecution in Australia and New Zealand
Pearce IP has been ranked by Managing IP in the 2026 Asia-Pacific IP Stars for Patent Prosecution, Patent Disputes and Trade Mark Prosecution, marking the sixth consecutive year of rankings for the Australian office and the first for Pearce IP New Zealand which was founded in 2024.
Pearce IP BioBlast® for the week ending 19 June 2026
Pearce IP provides weekly reports on global biosimilars activities in the Pearce IP BioBlast®.  Significant biosimilar activities for the week ending 19 June 2026 are set out below…
Product specific reports based on extracts from our BioBlast® database
adalimumab | Humira® | AbbVie
aflibercept | Eylea® | Regeneron
bevacizumab | Avastin® | Roche/Genentech
cetuximab | Erbitux® | BMS/Merck
daratumumab | Darzalex® | J&J
darbepoetin | Aranesp® | Amgen
denosumab | Prolia®/Xgeva® | Amgen
dupilumab | Dupixent® | Sanofi-Aventis
eculizumab | Soliris® | Alexion
filgrastim (GCSF) | Neupogen® | Amgen
golimumab | Simponi® | Janssen
guselkumab | Tremfya® | Janssen
infliximab | Remicade® | Johnson & Johnson
ixekizumab | Taltz® | Eli Lilly
lecanemab | Leqembi® | Eisai/Biogen
liraglutide | Victoza® /Saxenda® | Novo Nordisk
natalizumab | Tysabri® | Biogen/Elan
olaparib | Lynparza® | AstraZeneca/Merck
omalizumab | Xolair® | Genentech / Novartis
pegfilgrastim | Neulasta® | Amgen
pembrolizumab | Keytruda® | MSD
pertuzumab | Perjeta® | Roche
ranibizumab | Lucentis® | Genentech
regdanvimab | Regkirona® | Celltrion
risankizumab | Skyrizi® | AbbVie
rituximab | Rituxan®/MabThera® | Genentech/Biogen
secukinumab | Cosentyx® | Novartis
semaglutide | Wegovy®/Ozempic® | Novo Nordisk
tocilizumab | Actemra® | Roche
trastuzumab | Herceptin® | Roche/Genentech
ustekinumab | Stelara® | Johnson & Johnson/Janssen
OUR VISION
By 2027, be the premier life sciences IP practice in
Australia and New Zealand.
AWARD WINNING IP SPECIALISTS LAWYERS - PATENT ATTORNEYS - TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS
Awards
2024 IAM Strategy 300
Australasian Lawyer
MIP Stars
IAM Patent 1000 2024
Legal 500 2024
