Tim has worked in intellectual property law for over 20 years, and specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in the IT, computer software, electronics and electrical engineering areas.

A registered attorney in both the UK and Australia, Tim has acquired specialist knowledge in the patenting of a range of technologies, including remote payment technology (EFT systems), vending machines and systems, online business schemes, electronic commerce, document processing systems, cellular communications technologies, robotics, electronic image compression systems and internet applications.

Tim has worked for a number of CSIRO divisions, including CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Information Systems in the area of Bioinformatics (and other software areas). He has represented the Australian Information Industry Association in presenting submissions to the ACIP (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property) review of the patentability of business methods. Tim joined the firm Griffith Hack in 1992.