The Baxter IP Patent Attorney Philosophy

The Baxter IP Family Philosophy

A highly ethical approach to business – observing the highest standard in the quality of our work and in ensuring our advice is always in the best interests of our client, is the Baxter Family philosophy.

60 years ago, Percy Baxter, grandfather of Dr John Baxter showed how business enterprise can be used to help people in need, when after a highly successful career, he founded one of Australia’s largest family charitable trusts to help the poor and disadvantaged -The Percy Baxter Family Charitable Foundation. Following in his footsteps, we are very passionate about providing services that genuinely try to help clients acheive their commercial goals.

Here is our firm commitment to you:

We provide the same level of service that we would like to receive – your best interests are always in the forefront of our minds.
We will always conduct ourselves with the highest possible standard of not only professional ethics but also personal integrity.
The confidentiality of the information you provide to us will be protected as a matter of course – since the firm was founded we have never had a complaint about treatment of confidential information.
We regularly communicate with clients about processes, possible outcomes and costs in an upfront and honest manner.
We are down-to-earth in our advice – we communicate in plain English to ensure that you understand relevant legal concepts.
Your matter will be handled efficiently and conscientiously to ensure that our work is not only of the highest quality, but is completed without delay.
We look for opportunities to help clients to profit from their intellectual property – often arranging meeetings between clients, potential investors and licensees without charge.
We provide fixed-cost services where possible to assist you with budgeting.
Our work will always be undertaken efficiently so as to provide you with the best possible value for money and we do not charge disbursement fees for things like photocopying, emails, faxes, or telephone conferences.
We walk in our client’s shoes – we know what it is like because we have worked in-house at research & development companies.

We care about the environment and are the first and only Australian patent attorney firm to acheive NoCO2 certification.

Testimonials

"I contacted Baxter IP following a previous fruitless, lengthy and expensive experience with one of the large specialist IP firms in a previous business.I have now engaged Baxter IP for two projects, one simple, and one complex. In both cases Chris has demonstrated his talent for rapidly gaining a depth of subject understanding and a grasp of the important issues prior to producing and lodging highly regarded patent documents
I have no hesitation in recommending Baxter IP."

"After receiving an introduction to Chris from a highly respected and successful VC, I found Chris to be a very professional and gifted operator who sincerely desires to deliver a first class job. Upon seeking his opinion on a very detailed and complex matter, I found him to be thoughtful, thorough and able to grasp the vision behind what I asked him to advise me on"

"Thank you for your professionalism and service with providing Focus Driving School with its first Trademark. We received the Certificate of Registration yesterday and we are all very excited about it. We look forward to implementing the R symbol on our stationary and have displayed the Certificate in our office."

"We decided to invest in a patent for our LC888 window lock. Baxter IP assisted us with the process which can be very involved, their advice was helpful and we would recommend their services."

"We recently engaged Baxter IP to manage and direct our Intellectual Property needs. We found Chris to be very responsive, committed and diligent in his approach to providing us with direction to matters that became urgent. Chris demonstrated that he could offer creative solutions to solve problems and meet some very tight deadlines. To achieve this it is evident that Chris has valuable skills and knowledge that can only be gained through extensive experience. Chris is currently preparing a global strategic direction for the Popcake suite of products. Chris comprehended future issues, and there are numerous conflicting factors, and reported these to Board of Directors without ambiguity and clear future corporate direction."

"I cannot recommend Chris Baxter's skills as a patent attorney highly enough. Chris' strength lies with his ability to work closely with the inventor. Too many patents are open to unlicensed use because a clever copier can avoid infringement by exploiting weaknesses in an invention's specification and claims. Avoiding these weaknesses requires the ability to foresee alternative ways in which the invention could be used without infringing the patent."

"I am very pleased with the result of Chris Baxter's work and would highly recommend him to anyone seeking to own intellectual property. My product was quite basic and the chance of getting a certified innovation patent certificate was slim. My first attempt was unsuccessfull however with Chris's expert knowledge, he was able to remove the grounds of objection and the claim got accepted. I received the news from him on New Year's Eve which made a great start to this year. Great work Chris!"

"We approached Baxter IP to work with us on the registration of a patent. During Chris's preliminary searches he found a similar product already in the marketplace that our searches failed to find. Although we were unable to patent our product, Chris's honesty and professionalism saved us thousands of dollars in unnecessary searches and registration fees. If you are looking for a Patent Attorney, I would highly recommend Baxter IP"