Peter Caporn

Peter Caporn has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, the preparation of validity and infringement opinions, as well as the conduct of contentious issues including litigation, opposition and appeal work. In 2010, the peak body for those working in mining and metallurgy in Australia, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy appointed Mr Caporn as a Fellow which recognises his significant work for clients in the mining and metallurgical fields. With 15 years on the regional committee for The Licensing Executives Society of Australia & New Zealand (LESANZ) in Western Australia and having served as both regional chair (twice) and treasurer, Mr Caporn is very familiar with the innovation and technology transfer communities in Australia and New Zealand. He was involved in the delivery of LESANZ’s Intellectual Asset Management seminars and workshops. Mr Caporn also sat on the former State government’s Innovation Advisory Committee between 2007 and 2008, and was involved as a judge in Western Australia’s Innovator of the Year Awards from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed a member of the State Government’s Innovation Vouchers Program evaluation panel for 2015.