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About FPA

FPA is an independent, top-tier, Australian based, private incorporated registered attorney firm that is wholly owned by QANTM Intellectual Property Limited. Other members of the QANTM Group are set out at QANTM IP.

Why choose FPA?

When you partner with FPA, you gain access to Australia’s most experienced patent attorneys, and some of the finest legal minds in your industry.

Boutique - style patent services...

We provide expert advice on the creation, management, enforcement and commercialisation of your intellectual property rights, including patents and designs.

More than a patent attorney

Whether we start working with you at inception of your business or at a much later stage, we will invest our time into getting to know your business and how it works. We like this approach because this is the best way we know how to become a strategic advisor to your business.

Importantly, we believe that the patent attorney relationship should involve more than a mere following of client instruction. Moreover, our vision is to become an integral part of our client’s business, as in this relationship we are better placed to identify the risks and opportunities that are otherwise unclear in a relationship based solely on patent attorney response to client instruction.

Depth of expertise

Our patent attorneys have years of expertise, significant qualifications and proven records of success in your industry. They understand your technology, whether it’s a pharmaceutical compound or a new manufacturing process, so they can quickly identify and mitigate risk, and help you realise the full potential of an idea. Find out more about our expertise.

Breadth of service support

FPA offer a full range of strategic patent and design services and we work with the Herbert Smith Freehills IP group when needed – from IP litigation to commercial transactions, as well as copyright infringements and trade mark registration. Find out more about our services.

…with a focus on sustainability

FPA is a member of the Australian Legal Sector Alliance (AusLSA). The purpose of AusLSA is “to promote best practice sustainability commitments and performance across the legal sector”. A copy of our 2025 AusLSA Sustainability Report is available here.