Mr. William G. (Bill) McFarlane

Bill is currently President of FICPI Australia. He is a registered patent and trade marks attorney in Australia and New Zealand with a range of knowledge and experience in the areas of trade marks, physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and computing. Bill has been in the profession for over 34 years and became a partner of Madderns in 1996 and is currently the Senior Partner at Madderns. He is a Member of Engineers Australia. Bill is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Adelaide providing a course relating to the legal aspects of entrepreneurship.

• Registered Patent Attorney (AU & NZ)


• Registered Trade Mark Attorney (AU& NZ)


• IPTA (Fellow)


• Academy of Education of IPTA (Fellow)


• FICPI Australia (President)


• AIPP


• Institute of Engineers Australia MIE Australia


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