About Origin
Origin has been providing intellectual property services since 2014. We have 28 years of patent attorney experience harvesting, filing and managing intellectual property portfolios in IP firms, universities, multinationals, and start-ups across Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
At Origin, we partner with businesses to develop genuinely bespoke intellectual property strategies. We are known for adding value with a distinguished and high rate of successfully granted patents, registered trade marks, registered designs and effective, enforceable intellectual property agreements.
We have extensive experience and up-to-the-minute knowledge of intellectual property law, postgraduate qualifications, R&D experience in the technology sector, and extensive commercial exposure.
Our Approach
We believe in empowering businesses to control their intellectual property. In working with Origin, you partner with an experienced and commercially astute attorney who focuses on what matters to your business.
Origin’s clients include manufacturers, exporters, universities, technical commercialisation businesses, and law firms requiring specialist intellectual property support.
We develop long-term partnerships with our clients, gradually becoming an integral part of the team while learning what is critical to their success.
“At Origin, we help our clients protect their product designs worldwide, either with or without patent protection.”
Our People
Led by senior Patent and Trademark Attorney Leonard Cousins, Origin has extensive commercial experience in patents, trademarks, and registered designs, and up-to-the-minute knowledge of intellectual property law. Our experienced team covers attorney, paralegal, admin and accounts functions.
We are known for our technical knowledge, legal expertise and a focus on what matters commercially. We file and prosecute patents for leading technology companies and tertiary institutions.
We have particular strengths in the fields of Information Communication Technology (ICT), engineering, manufacturing, automotive, electronics, telecommunications, plastics, and packaging. We also have proven experience harvesting and building IP portfolios to set up high-profile start-ups for investment and more mature ventures for acquisition.
Origin is registered to provide patent and trade mark attorney services in both New Zealand and Australia. We’ve built an unmatched network of IP professionals in Australasia and internationally, enabling us to hand-pick teams for specialist projects. This strategy ensures you always have the best minds working on your intellectual property.
Leonard Cousins | Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
Leonard Cousins understands intellectual property as a patent attorney, an intellectual property manager, and an engineer with patented inventions. He applies these insights to protecting technical innovations. His priority is always getting a robust and enforceable patent granted, and he enjoys a very high success rate.
Leonard has experience as an in-house patent attorney in the commercialisation team at Auckland UniServices Ltd, managing an extensive portfolio. He was directly involved in building patent portfolios for Power-by-Proxi, StretchSense, Soul Machines and others. Leonard also managed key facets of several complex licences between UniServices and multinational companies.
We have extensive senior patent and trade mark attorney experience, with a background spanning the range of traditional patent specialties, including:
Sciences
Technology
Engineering
Devices
& Apps
& Biotech
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At Origin, your IP portfolio will be managed by a senior qualified patent attorney with extensive and current expertise in intellectual property.